On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 19:41, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <h.v.bruineh...@fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > On 17.01.2012 13:29, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> On Jan 17, 2012 7:20 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <n...@digimed.co.uk> >> wrote: >>> >>> 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. >>> >> >> Are you sure you're not confusing that with hardlinking? >> >> Because AFAIK symlinking is the only linking that can cross >> filesystem borders. >> > Symlinking works (over filesystem borders, too, Pandu is right) and > it even "autoupdates" localtime when (why ever) something in zoneinfo > changes...
As to the "why" ... Just two sample cases: In 2010 (or 2009, I forgot) the USA Federal Govt "redefines" the changeover dates for DST. Also, at the very end of 2011, Samoa changed their timezone from UTC-11 to UTC+13 (+14 in summer) [1][2] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Date_Line#Samoan_Islands_and_Tokelau [2] http://www.webcitation.org/64jx2ob6X Rgds, -- FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ • LOPSA Member #15248 • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan
