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Bug 486 - new kernel complains about time zone
Summary: new kernel complains about time zone
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2002-02-01 17:19 UTC by Leo Lipelis (RETIRED)
Modified: 2003-01-28 00:30 UTC (History)
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Description Leo Lipelis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-02-01 17:19:38 UTC
The actual complaint itself looks like this:

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Feb  1 07:43:42 [kernel] Linux version 2.4.18-pre7 (root@(none)) (gcc version
2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #1 Thu Jan 31 23:10:42 Local time zone must be
set--see zic manual page 2002
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Some more info:
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root@void2 kernel # ls -l /etc/localtime 
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           27 01-31 18:36 /etc/localtime ->
/usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT

root@void2 kernel # ls -lL /etc/localtime 
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1267 01-31 03:47 /etc/localtime

root@void2 kernel # zdump  /etc/localtime
/etc/localtime  Fri Feb  1 18:11:01 2002 EST

root@void2 kernel # zdump -v /etc/localtime | wc -l
    472
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Basically I followed install doc, pretty much to the letter, as I usually do. 
The only thing different is that I'm using a vanilla kernel.  That's about it.
Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-02-01 20:37:09 UTC
I don't think this is a bug.  This just means that the time zone wasn't set *at
the time you compiled the kernel*.  Type "date" and the proper time zone should
be displayed.