Re: [CentOS] what updates /etc/localtime?

2015-04-14 Thread James Pearson

James Pearson wrote:

On 13 Apr 2015, at 20:13, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote:

I see in CentOS 7 that /etc/localtime is a symlink (which seems
sensible...) but in earlier versions it is a copy of some file from
under /usr/share/zoneinfo.
rpm -q --scripts tzdata
does not show any postinstall script, so in the non-symlink versions,
how does the copied /etc/localtime file get updated with new zone
data?



I believe it is by glibc-common on CentOS 6 - it may be the same on CentOS 7


That is, on CentOS 6, glibc-common has a triggerin script that runs 
/usr/sbin/tzdata-update when tzdata is installed/updated


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[CentOS] what updates /etc/localtime?

2015-04-13 Thread Les Mikesell
I see in CentOS 7 that /etc/localtime is a symlink (which seems
sensible...) but in earlier versions it is a copy of some file from
under /usr/share/zoneinfo.
rpm -q --scripts tzdata
does not show any postinstall script, so in the non-symlink versions,
how does the copied /etc/localtime file get updated with new zone
data?

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Re: [CentOS] what updates /etc/localtime?

2015-04-13 Thread James Pearson


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 On 13 Apr 2015, at 20:13, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 I see in CentOS 7 that /etc/localtime is a symlink (which seems
 sensible...) but in earlier versions it is a copy of some file from
 under /usr/share/zoneinfo.
 rpm -q --scripts tzdata
 does not show any postinstall script, so in the non-symlink versions,
 how does the copied /etc/localtime file get updated with new zone
 data?
 
 -- 
   Les Mikesell
  lesmikes...@gmail.com
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Re: [CentOS] what updates /etc/localtime?

2015-04-13 Thread James Pearson
 On 13 Apr 2015, at 20:13, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 I see in CentOS 7 that /etc/localtime is a symlink (which seems
 sensible...) but in earlier versions it is a copy of some file from
 under /usr/share/zoneinfo.
 rpm -q --scripts tzdata
 does not show any postinstall script, so in the non-symlink versions,
 how does the copied /etc/localtime file get updated with new zone
 data?

I believe it is by glibc-common on CentOS 6 - it may be the same on CentOS 7

James Pearson
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