"copy it to /etc/localtime." should be "symlink it to /etc/localtime." and # ls /usr/share/zoneinfo (Suppose you want to use GMT) # cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime should be # ls /usr/share/zoneinfo (Suppose you want to use GMT) # ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime this is better practice (1. if zoneinfo ever changes, 2. so that it is easy to see where /etc/localtime has 'come from', 3. data duplication is wrong) Reproducible: Always
(In reply to comment #0) > this is better practice (1. if zoneinfo ever changes, 2. so that it is easy to > see where /etc/localtime has 'come from', 3. data duplication is wrong) Point 1. has been fixed, 2. is still valid It used to symlink and it's already been discussed: See bugs #110038 #143296 #127899 #170652 FWIW, I prefer symlinking as well. If /usr can't be mounted, I have more important problems than not seing my local time. Thanks. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 170591 ***
(In reply to comment #1) > > FWIW, I prefer symlinking as well. If /usr can't be mounted, I have more > important problems than not seing my local time. However, /usr/share is often an NFS mount (thus the name "share"), and not available at the time services that need /etc/localtime starts. That's not a problem, unless people start to use symlinks without thinking through the consequences. > *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 170591 *** No, it's not a dupe of this bug. That bug is for documenting TIMEZONE in /etc/conf.d/clock.
