Changeset 2ebc0d9

Timestamp:

03/04/2013 11:01:15 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

Branches:

7.5-systemd, 7.6-systemd, 7.7-systemd, 7.8-systemd, 7.9-systemd

Children:

aa6434a

Parents:

d415c2b

Message:

/etc/localtime needs to be a symlink for timedatectl to work

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/systemd/BOOK@10195 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Files:

• chapter01/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter06/glibc.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter07/introduction.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -41 +41 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Make the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file a
+          symlink again, so that <command>timedatectl</command> displays the
+          timezone correctly.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Document how to configure the virtual console under
           Systemd.</para>

chapter06/glibc.xml

@@ -347 +347 @@
     running:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp -v --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable> \
-    /etc/localtime</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -s /etc/localtime /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Replace <replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable> with the name of the
     time zone selected (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para>
-
-    <variablelist>
-      <title>The meaning of the cp option:</title>
-
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>--remove-destination</parameter></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>This is needed to force removal of the already existing symbolic
-          link. The reason for copying the file instead of using a symlink is to
-          cover the situation where <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
-          is on a separate partition. This could be important when booted into
-          single user mode.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
-    </variablelist>
 
   </sect2>

chapter07/introduction.xml

@@ -35 +35 @@
   </itemizedlist>
 
-  <para>Third, configuring hostname, keyboard layout and system clock.</para>
+  <para>Third, configuring the hostname, and keyboard layout.</para>
 
   <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-hostname" role="."/></para>
-     </listitem>
-     <listitem>
-       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-setclock" role="."/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>