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Diffstat (limited to 'source/a/glibc-zoneinfo/doinst.sh')
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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/source/a/glibc-zoneinfo/doinst.sh b/source/a/glibc-zoneinfo/doinst.sh index 05f1e990b..eb776e2ff 100644 --- a/source/a/glibc-zoneinfo/doinst.sh +++ b/source/a/glibc-zoneinfo/doinst.sh @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ -# In order to properly handle time before /usr is mounted (in -# the event that /usr is a separate partition, which for a number -# of reasons isn't really a great idea), the /etc/localtime file -# should be a copy of the desired zoneinfo file and not a symlink -# to a file in /usr/share/zoneinfo. But if we find a symlink here -# we should defer to the admin's wishes and leave it alone. -# -# Note that setting the timezone with timeconfig will wipe both -# /etc/localtime and /etc/localtime-copied from. -# /etc/localtime-copied-from will be a symlink to a file under -# /usr/share/zoneinfo, and /etc/localtime will be a copy of that file. +# Note on configuration change (2020-12-09): +# For the past decade and a half, this package has created a symlink +# /etc/localtime-copied-from and a file /etc/localtime to prevent +# time skew until /usr is mounted. But having a separate /usr partition +# hasn't really made sense for a long time and leads to all kinds of +# bugs these days. We're going to make /etc/localtime a symlink just +# like everyone else does so that programs that expect it to be a link +# can fetch the timezone without requiring any special patches. +# If you insist on making /usr a seperate partition, you might want to +# put the pointed-to directories and timezone file in your empty /usr +# directory so that it is available before the real /usr is mounted. +# Still not recommended though. # In a special case, we will handle the removal of the US/Pacific-New # timezone. A bit of background information on this: @@ -32,25 +33,27 @@ if [ "$(/bin/ls -l etc/localtime-copied-from 2> /dev/null | rev | cut -f 1,2 -d ( cd etc ; rm -rf localtime-copied-from ) ( cd etc ; ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific localtime-copied-from ) fi +# Same with any /etc/localtime symlink: +if [ -L etc/localtime ]; then + if [ "$(/bin/ls -l etc/localtime 2> /dev/null | rev | cut -f 1,2 -d / | rev)" = "US/Pacific-New" ]; then + ( cd etc ; rm -rf localtime ) + ( cd etc ; ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific localtime ) + fi +fi -# If we have no /etc/localtime, but we do have a localtime-copied-from -# symlink to locate what we would want there, then add a copy now: -if [ ! -r etc/localtime -a -L etc/localtime-copied-from ]; then - chroot . /bin/cp etc/localtime-copied-from etc/localtime +# If we already have a localtime-copied-from symlink, move it over as the +# /etc/localtime symlink: +if [ -L etc/localtime-copied-from ]; then + rm -f etc/localtime + mv etc/localtime-copied-from etc/localtime fi # Add the default timezone in /etc, if none exists: -if [ ! -r etc/localtime -a ! -L etc/localtime-copied-from ]; then +if [ ! -r etc/localtime ]; then ( cd etc ; rm -rf localtime localtime-copied-from ) ( cd etc ; ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Factory localtime-copied-from ) fi -# Make sure /etc/localtime is updated, unless it is a symlink (in which -# case leave it alone): -if [ ! -L etc/localtime ]; then - chroot . /bin/cp etc/localtime-copied-from etc/localtime -fi - # Add a link to the timeconfig script in /usr/share/zoneinfo: ( cd usr/share/zoneinfo ; rm -rf timeconfig ) ( cd usr/share/zoneinfo ; ln -sf /usr/sbin/timeconfig timeconfig ) |