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Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 11:28:54 +0200
From: Henry Gebhardt <hsggebhardt@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] time issue
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On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:57:51AM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote:
> Am 30.05.2011 10:15, schrieb Andr=C3=A1s Cs=C3=A1nyi:
>=20
> The localization guide seems to be in a poor state. Copying the zoneinf=
o
> file from /usr/share... to /etc/localtime is not the best way to do it
> because then you miss updates. It is better to create a symlink between
> the two.

Copying is just fine. The timezone-data ebuild will update
/etc/localtime for you on the next update, and replace the symlink if
you have one there. The reason, IIRC, being that /usr might not yet be
mounted during early boot.


H