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| author | Ken Moffat <ken@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2012-08-20 23:51:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Ken Moffat <ken@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2012-08-20 23:51:22 +0000 |
| commit | 7a6bcf996e754fcf8bc3ea80acc23865476044eb (patch) | |
| tree | abfa79e3e8f8e2c0b1f89b8cdcfb9fa2b7aecac6 /chapter06/glibc.xml | |
| parent | 25d78ecbd764173db754061abeb275f33f3e35ed (diff) | |
Correct how timezones are installed - this fixes various errors in test-suites. Thanks to Markku Pesonen for noting how Debian install timezones.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9944 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06/glibc.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/glibc.xml | 48 |
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml index bcab4c5db..11dc4f44c 100644 --- a/chapter06/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml @@ -315,13 +315,55 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <para>Install timezone data:</para> <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz +mkdir -pv /usr/share/zoneinfo/{posix,right} && for tz in etcetera southamerica northamerica europe africa antarctica \ asia australasia backward pacificnew solar87 solar88 solar89 systemv; do - zic -L leapseconds -d /usr/share/zoneinfo -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz} + zic -L /dev/null -d /usr/share/zoneinfo -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz} && + zic -L /dev/null -d /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz} && + zic -L leapseconds -d /usr/share/zoneinfo/right -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz} done -cp -v *.tab /usr/share/zoneinfo</userinput></screen> +cp -v zone.tab /usr/share/zoneinfo && +zic -d /usr/share/zoneinfo -p America/New_York</userinput></screen> - <para>One way to determine the local time zone, run the following + <variablelist> + <title>The meaning of the zic commands:</title> + + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>zic -L /dev/null ...</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>This creates posix timezones, without any leap seconds. It is + conventional to put these in both + <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename> and + <filename class="directory">zoneinfo/posix</filename>. It is + necessary to put the POSIX timezones in + <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename>, otherwise various + test-suites will report errors. On an embedded system, where space is + tight and you do not intend to ever update the timezones, you could save + 1.9MB by not using the <filename class="directory">posix</filename> + directory, but some applications or test-suites might give less good + results</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>zic -L leapseconds ...</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>This creates right timezones, including leap seconds. On an + embedded system, where space is tight and you do not intend to + ever update the timezones, or care about the correct time, you could + save 1.9MB by omitting the <filename class="directory">right</filename> + directory.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>zic ... -p ...</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>This creates the <filename>posixrules</filename> file.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + + + <para>One way to determine the local time zone is to run the following script:</para> <screen role="nodump"><userinput>tzselect</userinput></screen> |