The actual complaint itself looks like this: --- 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 --- Some more info: --- 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 --- 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.
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.