Bug 103736 - /etc/localtime regeneration after modification of /etc/sysconfig/clock
Summary: /etc/localtime regeneration after modification of /etc/sysconfig/clock
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification: Red Hat
Component: initscripts
Version: 2.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-09-04 14:00 UTC by Roger Nunn
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:38 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2003-09-05 16:24:07 UTC
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Description Roger Nunn 2003-09-04 14:00:23 UTC
Description of problem:
/etc/localtime never regenerated after changes were made to /etc/sysconfig/clock


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How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.edit /etc/sysconfig/clock (changeing timezone for example.)

    
Actual results:
the date command returns the old timezone value even after reboot as it relies
on /etc/localtime which is not updated at system boot.

Expected results:
/etc/localtime is regenerated based on the new /etc/sysconfig/clock settings

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2003-09-04 17:02:28 UTC
It's regenerated when you use the included tools to modify /etc/sysconfig/clock;
if *that's* not happening, that's a bug.

Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2003-09-05 08:07:51 UTC
redhat-config-time doesn't allow for the selection of some timezones, like GMT
and the likes.
I think that a small modification to the initscripts to regenerate
/etc/localtime on boot (or even on shutdown/reboot) would be a good thing.

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2003-09-05 15:09:05 UTC
Impossible to fix completely. It would need to be done before you set the time,
and you don't necessarily have a /usr filesystem to copy *from* then.

Comment 4 Bastien Nocera 2003-09-05 16:08:41 UTC
Or before you're switching the machine off, during the shutdown.

Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 2003-09-05 16:24:07 UTC
In the case of manual modification of config files, it's the sysadmin
responsibility to fix the consequences of such; I'm unwilling to start down the
slippery slope of fixing them up afterwards in an automated fashion.


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