From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 420391387B1 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:39:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 316F5E0A6F; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:39:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5F31E0A6F for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:39:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from flycatcher.gentoo.org (flycatcher.gentoo.org [81.93.255.6]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF3C633F446 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:39:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by flycatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 617) id 554142004B; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:39:11 +0000 (UTC) From: "Sven Vermeulen (swift)" To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-system.xml X-VCS-Repository: gentoo X-VCS-Files: hb-install-system.xml X-VCS-Directories: xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook X-VCS-Committer: swift X-VCS-Committer-Name: Sven Vermeulen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20131218103911.554142004B@flycatcher.gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:39:11 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 337317e9-029e-46eb-9e82-865447ada53e X-Archives-Hash: 410d23a9d51c6accb9747c1eabda7769 swift 13/12/18 10:39:11 Modified: hb-install-system.xml Log: Fix bug #494466 - Add blurbs about localtime/timezone differences Revision Changes Path 1.140 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml?rev=1.140&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml?rev=1.140&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml?r1=1.139&r2=1.140 Index: hb-install-system.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v retrieving revision 1.139 retrieving revision 1.140 diff -u -r1.139 -r1.140 --- hb-install-system.xml 17 Dec 2013 11:46:12 -0000 1.139 +++ hb-install-system.xml 18 Dec 2013 10:39:11 -0000 1.140 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ - + @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ to progress to that state. -31 -2013-12-17 +32 +2013-12-18
Chrooting @@ -432,8 +432,9 @@

Finally select your timezone so that your system knows where it is physically located. Look for your timezone in /usr/share/zoneinfo, then copy -it to /etc/localtime. Please avoid the -/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT* timezones as their names do not +it to /etc/localtime. This file is used by the C library (and +perhaps others as well) to get local timezone information from. Please avoid +the /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT* timezones as their names do not indicate the expected zones. For instance, GMT-8 is in fact GMT+8.

@@ -442,7 +443,15 @@ # ls /usr/share/zoneinfo (Suppose you want to use Europe/Brussels) # cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime -(Next set the timezone) + + +

+Next set the timezone (as text) in the /etc/timezone file. This +file is sometimes read by applications that do not support the standard +time methods on the system but want to know the current timezone. +

+ +
 # echo "Europe/Brussels" > /etc/timezone