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Bug 563384

Summary:	F12 Install guide says to use "timeconfig" command which is not available via yum
Product:	[Retired] Fedora Documentation	Reporter:	jim b <jim.bartus>
Component:	install-guide	Assignee:	Petr Bokoc <pbokoc>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Ruediger Landmann <rlandman+disabled>
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Version:	devel	CC:	gregjo, kwade, leigh123linux, me, pkovar, stickster
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Description jim b 2010-02-10 02:24:14 UTC

On this page:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html/s1-timezone-x86.html

The very last line says:
"To run the Time and Date Properties Tool as a text-based application, use the command timeconfig."

however in fedora 12 no such command is available from the default packageset:
[root@brandt ~]# yum provides \*bin/timeconfig
Loaded plugins: changelog, fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * fedora: fedora.mirrors.tds.net
 * updates: ftp.us.unixeria.com
No Matches found

Its not in the package it used to be in:
[root@brandt ~]# rpm -ql system-config-date | grep timeconfig | wc -l
0

options I can think of:
 - update the docs for the new recommended method of setting the timezone via a terminal
 - put timeconfig back in system-config-date
 - put timeconfig in its own package or another package in updates

Comment 1 Paul W. Frields 2010-03-06 17:26:39 UTC

Looks like the right way to do this is to set the ZONE value in /etc/sysconfig/clock, and use either the 'date' and 'hwclock' commands, or configure NTP, to set the system clock.  Configuring NTP is probably beyond the scope of the installation guide.

Comment 2 Paul W. Frields 2010-03-07 22:09:02 UTC

Actually, all these operations are probably beyond scope.  I'll remove the errant command and we'll defer this to the Deployment Guide, which has a chapter on setting date and time.

Comment 3 leigh scott 2012-06-14 16:56:58 UTC

It's still there in F17!!

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Installation_Guide/s1-timezone-x86.html

Comment 4 Petr Kovar 2012-06-14 17:42:05 UTC

(Reset Assignee to the current maintainer.)

Comment 5 Jack Reed 2012-11-05 05:34:26 UTC

I've removed the paragraph about the timeconfig command in commit 	91902c00f2ed25699ac5c8a39febc79cfd11c6f4

Comment 7 Petr Bokoc 2013-07-25 14:54:04 UTC

This has been fixed a long time ago, closing.