On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:13:53 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote:

> Should be done with:
> 
> ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime

Symlinking is not recommended as it breaks when /usr is on a separate
filesystem. The file should be copied instead.

The correct Gentoo/OpenRC way to do this is 

echo Europe/Berlin >|/etc/timezone

That will copy the correct file to /etc each time you update the
timezone-data package.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

When the going gets tough, upgrade.

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