Bug 82281

Summary:	ARC=true is written in /etc/sysconfig/clock -> problems
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux Beta	Reporter:	giulioo
Component:	util-linux	Assignee:	Brent Fox <bfox>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	beta3	CC:	bfox, suckfish
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Description giulioo 2003-01-20 20:12:03 UTC

Description of problem:
I'm 99% sure this is due to redhat-config-date, but not 100%.

My original "clock" had ARC "no" or "false", not "true". Now it's
$ cat /etc/sysconfig/clock
ZONE="Europe/Rome"
UTC=true
ARC=true
$
This causes problems in hwclock invocation at startup and shutdown because --arc
is used which is not supported by hwclock.

+ '[' -f /etc/sysconfig/clock ']'
+ . /etc/sysconfig/clock
++ ZONE=Europe/Rome
++ UTC=true
++ ARC=true
+ '[' '' = GMT ']'
+ '[' '' = ARC ']'
+ CLOCKDEF=
+ CLOCKFLAGS= --hctosys
+ CLOCKFLAGS= --hctosys --utc
+ CLOCKDEF= (utc)
+ CLOCKFLAGS= --hctosys --utc --arc
+ CLOCKDEF= (utc) (arc)
+ /sbin/hwclock --hctosys --utc --arc
/sbin/hwclock: unrecognized option `--arc'
hwclock - query and set the hardware clock (RTC)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
redhat-config-date-1.5.7-3
checked changelog for beta4 and didn't see anything related to this bug, so I
assume it's still there.

How reproducible:
Run redhat-config-date, don't know exactly the necessary steps. 
I discovered this sometime after I used the app and linked problem to it looking
at "clock" file mod date and rpm install date.

Comment 1 Brent Fox 2003-01-21 06:14:34 UTC

According to 'man hwclock', '--arc' is a valid option.  Also, according to Bill
Nottingham in bug #72149, ARC is a true/false field, so I believe that the
/etc/sysconfig/clock file that redhat-config-date has written is correct.  

Changing the component to util-linux, which is the package that hwclock is from.

Comment 2 Elliot Lee 2003-01-29 14:15:37 UTC

I would guess the real problem is that redhat-config-date interpreted the original "ARC=no" 
line as meaning "ARC=true", and rewrote the clock file that way...?

Since /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit really expects ARC usage to come by the CLOCKMODE=ARC 
setting rather than ARC=true,
redhat-config-date should probably make sure that it only pays attention to 
$CLOCKMODE.

hwclock probably only has (and can have) a --arch option when built on the Alpha. This is 
one of those "not supposed to happen" situations that did.

Comment 3 Brent Fox 2003-02-03 18:49:05 UTC

Should be fixed with redhat-config-date-1.5.9.

Comment 4 Brent Fox 2003-02-04 20:52:02 UTC

*** Bug 83383 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Jay Turner 2003-02-06 15:54:24 UTC

Fix confirmed with redhat-config-date-1.5.9-4.