The FHS recommends that we use /var/lib/hwclock, instead of the usual /etc, as the location for the adjtime file. To make the hwclock program FHS-compliant, run the following: cp hwclock/hwclock.c{,.backup} sed 's%etc/adjtime%var/lib/hwclock/adjtime%' \     hwclock/hwclock.c.backup > hwclock/hwclock.c mkdir -p /var/lib/hwclock Prepare Util-linux for compilation: ./configure Compile the package: make HAVE_SLN=yes The meaning of the make parameter: HAVE_SLN=yes: This prevents the sln program (a statically linked ln, already installed by Glibc) from being built again. And install the package: make HAVE_SLN=yes install