#5563 NORM Retriag: Verify that /etc/localtime is preserved across upgrades.
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#5563: Verify that /etc/localtime is preserved across upgrades.
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Reporter: cscott | Owner: bernie
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Retriage, Please!
Component: distro | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Verified: 0 |
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Changes (by cscott):
* owner: cscott => bernie
* milestone: Never Assigned => Retriage, Please!
Comment:
OK, bernie, I verified that we're not Doing The Right Thing here yet. I
think olpc-utils needs a patch:
1) /etc/timezone in /etc/statetab should be changed to
/etc/sysconfig/clock (see trac #4959)
2) we should run '/usr/sbin/tzdata-update' whenever we need to reconfigure
the root, to ensure that /etc/localtime is rewritten to match
/etc/sysconfig/clock.
I suspect /etc/localtime should be added to /etc/statetab as well, in
order to keep our root read-only. sugar-control-panel is fine with that,
but tzdata-update (see http://pastebin.ca/823971) does the 'write new file
and move it over old file' trick. Sigh.
This should be fixed for update.1 if we want to avoid resetting people's
timezones with the upgrade.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5563#comment:1>
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