swift 13/12/18 10:39:11 Modified: hb-install-system.xml Log: Fix bug #494466 - Add blurbs about localtime/timezone differences
Revision Changes Path 1.140 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml?rev=1.140&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml?rev=1.140&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml?r1=1.139&r2=1.140 Index: hb-install-system.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v retrieving revision 1.139 retrieving revision 1.140 diff -u -r1.139 -r1.140 --- hb-install-system.xml 17 Dec 2013 11:46:12 -0000 1.139 +++ hb-install-system.xml 18 Dec 2013 10:39:11 -0000 1.140 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v 1.139 2013/12/17 11:46:12 swift Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v 1.140 2013/12/18 10:39:11 swift Exp $ --> <sections> @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ to progress to that state. </abstract> -<version>31</version> -<date>2013-12-17</date> +<version>32</version> +<date>2013-12-18</date> <section> <title>Chrooting</title> @@ -432,8 +432,9 @@ <p> Finally select your timezone so that your system knows where it is physically located. Look for your timezone in <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo</path>, then copy -it to <path>/etc/localtime</path>. Please avoid the -<path>/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT*</path> timezones as their names do not +it to <path>/etc/localtime</path>. This file is used by the C library (and +perhaps others as well) to get local timezone information from. Please avoid +the <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT*</path> timezones as their names do not indicate the expected zones. For instance, <path>GMT-8</path> is in fact GMT+8. </p> @@ -442,7 +443,15 @@ # <i>ls /usr/share/zoneinfo</i> <comment>(Suppose you want to use Europe/Brussels)</comment> # <i>cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime</i> -<comment>(Next set the timezone)</comment> +</pre> + +<p> +Next set the timezone (as text) in the <path>/etc/timezone</path> file. This +file is sometimes read by applications that do not support the standard +time methods on the system but want to know the current timezone. +</p> + +<pre caption="Setting the timezone in plain text"> # <i>echo "Europe/Brussels" > /etc/timezone</i> </pre>
