Bug 58414

Summary:	RTC will be corrupted.
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Erhard Kiefner <erhard.kiefner>
Component:	initscripts	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version:	7.2	CC:	rvokal
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Description Erhard Kiefner 2002-01-16 05:51:50 UTC

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Description of problem:
There is a bug in the .../init.d/halt script of Red Hat 7.1/7.2. The system 
time will be written back to the RTC during each shutdown or reboot. That's a 
bug because the system time isn't accurate. The RTC will be corrupted. You have 
to comment out the line with the hwclock command. 

Our experience: The RTC of modern PCs and servers is very exact but the system 
time already differs after a short time from the real time.


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Set the RTC within the BIOS setup.
2.Boot Red Hat Linux 7.1/7.2.
3.Change the system time so that's different from RTC.
4.Shutdown the system.
5.Check the RTC within the BIOS setup. It's coruupted!
	

Additional info:

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2002-01-29 21:14:54 UTC

This is an initscripts issue.

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2002-01-29 21:32:48 UTC

How did you change the time?

Also, in what way is it 'corrupted'?

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2002-11-25 21:56:34 UTC

closing, no response