Changeset 56cc653 for chapter07

Timestamp:

03/11/2002 09:00:00 PM (23 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 12.2, 12.2-rc1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, v3_3, v4_0, v4_1, v5_0, v5_1, v5_1_1, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/loongarch-12.2, xry111/mips64el, xry111/multilib, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

36ffdbd

Parents:

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Message:

updated chapter7-setclock text

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1704 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter07/setclock.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter07/setclock.xml

@@ -3 +3 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="setclock.html" dir="chapter07"?>
 
+<para>This setclock script reads the time from your hardware clock (also
+known as BIOS or CMOS clock) and either converts that time to localtime
+using the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file (if the hardware clock
+is set to GMT) or not (if the hardware clock is already set to localtime).
+There is no way to auto-detect whether the hardware clock is set to GMT or
+not, so we need to configure that here ourselves.</para>
 
-<para>The setclock script is only for real use when the hardware clock (also
-known as BIOS or CMOS clock) isn't set to GMT time. The recommended
-setup is setting the hardware clock to GMT and having the time converted
-to localtime using the /etc/localtime symbolic link. But if an
-OS is run that doesn't understand a clock set to GMT (most notable are
-Microsoft OS'es) you may want to set the clock to localtime so that
-the time is properly displayed on those OS'es. This script will then 
-set the kernel time to the hardware clock without converting the time using
-the /etc/localtime symlink.</para>
-
-<para>If you want to use this script on your system even if the
-hardware clock is set to GMT, then the UTC variable below has to be
-changed to the value of <emphasis>1</emphasis>.</para>
+<para>Change the value of the <emphasis>UTC</emphasis> variable below to a
+<emphasis>0</emphasis> (zero) if your hardware clock is not set to GMT
+time.</para>
 
 <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/sysconfig/clock</filename> by running
@@ -24 +20 @@
 # Begin /etc/sysconfig/clock
 
-UTC=0
+UTC=1
 
 # End /etc/sysconfig/clock