* sys-apps/baselayout Latest version available: 1.11.13-r1 Latest version installed: 1.11.13-r1 root@gf:~# /etc/init.d/clock save * Syncing system clock to hardware clock [UTC] ... [ ok ] root@gf:~# /etc/init.d/clock stop * Syncing system clock to hardware clock [UTC] ... [ ok ] root@gf:~# /etc/init.d/clock start * Setting system clock to hardware clock [UTC] ... [ ok ] you notice the small difference? :-) i think we should change the words a little here. something which is uniqly understandable: first direction: "reading hardware clock, writing system clock." second direction: "reading system clock, writing hardware clock." Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.1 2-gentoo-r10 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share /config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kd e/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/default s/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips /config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config / /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks nostrip sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ distributions/gentoo" LANG="de_DE" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl doc dvd eds emboss encode esd fam flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gimpprint gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib java jpeg kde ldap libg+ + libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png postgres ppds python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl slang spell ssl tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb v orbis xine xml2 xmms xv zlib linguas_de userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
how about: # /etc/init.d/clock start * Setting system clock using the hardware clock [UTC] ... [ ok ] # /etc/init.d/clock stop * Setting the hardware clock using the system clock [UTC] ... [ ok ]
added to svn as i proposed