From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D0661381FA for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 09:07:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F3506E08B5; Tue, 27 May 2014 09:07:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED7F0E0897 for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 09:07:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (s-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.91.90]) by d-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id s4R97fWc000901 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 05:07:42 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s4R97e16005269 for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 05:07:40 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: howto get systemd to use localtime (I think) In-reply-to: <20140527090750.3ac478c9@hactar.digimed.co.uk> References: <20016.1401133464@ccs.covici.com> <5384106A.10206@gentoo.org> <7536.1401169037@ccs.covici.com> <20140527090750.3ac478c9@hactar.digimed.co.uk> Comments: In-reply-to Neil Bothwick message dated "Tue, 27 May 2014 09:07:50 +0100." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 05:07:40 -0400 Message-ID: <5268.1401181660@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-s4R97fWc000901 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: c3b5f783-acab-48a4-89fb-d8a2ebc1db5e X-Archives-Hash: 61ca800f320dde0c64c2462ee4f885bc Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 27 May 2014 01:37:17 -0400, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > OK, thanks, I have no /etc/adjtime at all, and I have two files, > > /etc/localtime (not a link) and /etc/timezone. Should I delete the > > later and change the former to a link? > > No. Gentoo copies the correct file from /usr/share/zoneinfo rather than > making a symlink, so that it still works if /usr is a separate filesystem > that has not yet been mounted - the clock is set before local filesystems > are mounted. It uses the contents of /etc/timezone to determine which > file to copy. > > Check that /etc/timezone is correct. If not, change it and either copy > the correct file manaually or re-emerge sys-libs/timezone-data. /etc/timezone is correct. I wonder when systemd using dracut sets the time, maybe its confused. I don't see it using hwclock like openrc used to, but I found an hwclock unit somewhere, should I try to use that? -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com