set_timezone function currently respect user choice of symlink to timezone file or copy it. man page doesn't explain this subtlety which let think that TIMEZONE parameter in rc.conf doesn't ensure anything. Signed-off-by: Sébastien Luttringer <seblu@seblu.net> --- rc.conf.5.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/rc.conf.5.txt b/rc.conf.5.txt index c4087d0..4b452fc 100644 --- a/rc.conf.5.txt +++ b/rc.conf.5.txt @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LOCALIZATION[[L]] *TIMEZONE=* Specifies the timezone. The setting takes effect on boot by ensuring that /etc/localtime is a symlink -to the correct zoneinfo file. Possible timezones are the relative path to a zoneinfo file starting +to, or a copy of, the correct zoneinfo file. Possible timezones are the relative path to a zoneinfo file starting from the directory /usr/share/zoneinfo. For example, a German timezone would be Europe/Berlin, which refers to the file /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin. -- Sebastien "Seblu" Luttringer