98934 – adjtimex should check if CMOS clock is in UTC

Bug 98934 - adjtimex should check if CMOS clock is in UTC

Summary: adjtimex should check if CMOS clock is in UTC

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement
Assignee:	Robin Johnson

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Reported:	2005-07-13 16:16 UTC by Gabriel Devenyi
Modified:	2006-03-25 16:50 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Gabriel Devenyi 2005-07-13 16:16:13 UTC

adjtimexconf attempts to determine the clock drift by comparing to the CMOS clock, however it assumes the CMOS clock is set to "local" time, but gentoo defaults to cmos is "UTC" or Greenwich time. adjtimexconf should check /etc/conf.d/clock to see which is set

IF
CLOCK="UTC" 
/usr/sbin/adjtimex --adjust -u >/etc/adj.adjust
otherwise just run
/usr/sbin/adjtimex --adjust >/etc/adj.adjust

Comment 1 Robin Johnson archtester

2006-02-20 01:09:13 UTC

Please attach a patch to adjtimexconfig.

Comment 2 Robin Johnson archtester

2006-03-25 16:50:23 UTC

in cvs.