The file /etc/rc.conf from >=sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.3 packages is missing the description and setting of CLOCK . But /etc/init.d/clock still seems to use this variable. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.4 2. etc-update 3. vim /etc/rc.conf Actual Results: Variable CLOCK is missing and therefore it defaults to UTC every time. Expected Results: Should be mentioned in /etc/rc.conf . # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r2 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20041006-r0, 2.6.8-ck8 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-ck8 i686 AMD Duron(tm) Gentoo Base System version 1.6.4 distcc 2.18 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.19,sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.22 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=i686 -O3 -pipe -mmmx -msse -m3dnow -mfpmath=sse -ftracer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /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="-march=i686 -O3 -pipe -mmmx -msse -m3dnow -mfpmath=sse -ftracer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowex X aalib acl acpi acpi4linux alsa apache2 apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts blender-game bonobo bootsplash bzlib cdparanoia cdr clanVoice crypt cups dba dedicated dga divx4linux doc dvd encode escreen f77 fbcon foomaticdb freetype gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mailwrapper mbox mikmod mmx mmx2 motif mpeg mysql ncurses net nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime radeon readline rtc ruby samba sdl session shared silverxp slang sockets spell spl sse ssl stencil-buffer svga tcltk tcpd tetex tokenizer truetype usb videos wxwindows x86 xchattext xfs xml xml2 xmms xpm xprint xsl xv zlib"
/etc/conf.d/clock
Sry, I must have missed it. Where should I have noticed that it was outsourced into /etc/conf.d/clock?