Bug 103722 - Timeconf fails to update /etc/localtime
Summary: Timeconf fails to update /etc/localtime
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification: Red Hat
Component: timeconfig
Version: 2.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brent Fox
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-09-04 12:12 UTC by Roger Nunn
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-09-04 13:47:48 UTC
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Description Roger Nunn 2003-09-04 12:12:02 UTC 
Description of problem:
After changeing the operating system timezone using timeconfig the date command
fails to recognise the new timezone (The /etc/localtime file is not updated from  
/usr/share/zoneinfo/)


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How reproducible:
100%


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Run timeconfig
2.type <date> to check timezone 

    
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Expected results:


Additional info:
workaround using Europe/London as the defined timezone:
cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime
Comment 1 Roger Nunn 2003-09-04 13:47:48 UTC 
Further tests show the response to be predictable.
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