On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Adam Shand wrote:
>
> > Which would indicate that /sbin/hwclock is hanging the system.
>
> yah, but why?
I suppose anything from the prog itself to libc6, something with the
timezone handling, a hardware problem, or even a combination of hardware
and software specific to your setup. strace would probably be the best
tool to start investigating with.
> > Doh, probably because there is no file named /etc/init.d/hwclock.
> > hwclock.sh and hwclock are both in the util-linux package.
>
> not sure i follow this ... if i need util-linux why wouldn't the install
> have installed it?
It is part of the base system.
If it is a bug then the report should be filed against util-linux,
after you make sure that the most recent version of util-linux elicits
same behaviour.
later,
Bruce
