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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: systemd and timezone
From:       Greg Wooledge <greg () wooledge ! org>
Date:       2023-12-22 16:11:18
Message-ID: ZYW1JlKC-2PNP9CF () wooledge ! org
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On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 09:30:23AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
>   https://wiki.debian.org/TimeZoneChanges
> 
> still says:
> 
>  "In Debian releases Etch and later, /etc/localtime is a copy of the
>   original data file. Check the contents of /etc/timezone to see the
>   name of the timezone. If the system is configured normally, you
>   should find that the zoneinfo file referenced by this name is
>   identical to /etc/localtime."

I'd change it immediately, but I don't want to make a change that isn't
correct.

Was this paragraph actually correct for Etch?  Was /etc/localtime a
literal *copy* of a file instead of symlink?  If so, when did it change?

Or, was this wrong for Etch, and /etc/localtime was always a symlink?

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