# In order to properly handle time before /usr is mounted (in # the event that /usr is a separate partition, which for a number # of reasons isn't really a great idea), the /etc/localtime file # should be a copy of the desired zoneinfo file and not a symlink # to a file in /usr/share/zoneinfo. But if we find a symlink here # we should defer to the admin's wishes and leave it alone. # # Note that setting the timezone with timeconfig will wipe both # /etc/localtime and /etc/localtime-copied from. # /etc/localtime-copied-from will be a symlink to a file under # /usr/share/zoneinfo, and /etc/localtime will be a copy of that file. # In a special case, we will handle the removal of the US/Pacific-New # timezone. A bit of background information on this: # # "US/Pacific-New' stands for 'Pacific Presidential Election Time', # which was passed by the House in April 1989 but never signed into law. # In presidential election years, this rule would have delayed the # PDT-to-PST switchover until after the election, to lessen the effect # of broadcast news election projections on last-minute west-coast # voters. " # # In nearly all cases, a machine that uses the US/Pacific-New timezone # has chosen it by mistake. In 2016, having this as the system timezone # actually led to clock errors, and after that it was decided that the # timezone (only of historical interest anyway) should be removed from # the timezone database. # # If we see that the machine's localtime-copied-from symlink is pointing # to US/Pacific-New, change it to point to US/Pacific instead. if [ "$(/bin/ls -l etc/localtime-copied-from 2> /dev/null | rev | cut -f 1,2 -d / | rev)" = "US/Pacific-New" ]; then ( cd etc ; rm -rf localtime-copied-from ) ( cd etc ; ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific localtime-copied-from ) fi # If we have no /etc/localtime, but we do have a localtime-copied-from # symlink to locate what we would want there, then add a copy now: if [ ! -r etc/localtime -a -L etc/localtime-copied-from ]; then chroot . /bin/cp etc/localtime-copied-from etc/localtime fi # Add the default timezone in /etc, if none exists: if [ ! -r etc/localtime -a ! -L etc/localtime-copied-from ]; then ( cd etc ; rm -rf localtime localtime-copied-from ) ( cd etc ; ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Factory localtime-copied-from ) fi # Make sure /etc/localtime is updated, unless it is a symlink (in which # case leave it alone): if [ ! -L etc/localtime ]; then chroot . /bin/cp etc/localtime-copied-from etc/localtime fi # Add a link to the timeconfig script in /usr/share/zoneinfo: ( cd usr/share/zoneinfo ; rm -rf timeconfig ) ( cd usr/share/zoneinfo ; ln -sf /usr/sbin/timeconfig timeconfig ) ### Make the rest of the symbolic links in the zoneinfo database: