From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JVcV0-0004pz-LD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:56:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 45E62E0336; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 00:55:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rex96.flatbooster.net (rex96.flatbooster.net [83.133.189.96]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FA84E0336 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 00:55:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [78.42.31.136] (HSI-KBW-078-042-031-136.hsi3.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de [78.42.31.136]) by rex96.flatbooster.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3912E1273C47 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 01:55:33 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47C9FB04.3060100@bernd-steinhauser.de> Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:55:32 +0100 From: Bernd Steinhauser User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080228) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Baselayout-2 progress? References: <47C812CF.2020903@wildgooses.com> <47C82C9F.7040701@gentoo.org> <47C82FB7.9030308@wildgooses.com> <200802291707.17936.roy@marples.name> <47C9DDA1.2000306@bernd-steinhauser.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 69640b54-83b3-42a7-95a1-6f2cc04575dc X-Archives-Hash: 0b576aca4b5100d176b431030e656e37 Duncan schrieb: > Bernd Steinhauser posted > 47C9DDA1.2000306@bernd-steinhauser.de, excerpted below, on Sat, 01 Mar > 2008 23:50:09 +0100: > > >> What about the timezone? >> Baselayout had a setting for the timezone in /etc/conf.d/clock. >> baselayout-2.0.0 >> + openrc doesn't seem to have that. Not needed? >> > > Not needed indeed. The previous setting caused confusion because > changing it didn't actually change the timezone (this isn't the place for > the technical details). > > Now, the clock config file simply sets local or UTC, while the timezone > is set using the standard glibc /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/ > symlink or the TZ environmental variable (see the tzset > and hwclock manpages among others). > > Then there should be a note, that this setting is deprecated. Currently it only says: 'If you want to manage /etc/localtime yourself, set this to "".' If there is a note, that this setting isn't used anymore it won't make users, that still have it set wonder why an etc update wants to remove it. Bernd -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list