From: John Floren <john@jfloren.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Attempts to set timezone don't stick?
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:39:19 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAL4LZyjOzs5LjqULkCTH3cmakyosnzG-KdsjZeDFhYUducheEA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJsduKnxrCfd86C6WeegxX+w-jyX5LQqz7iuYgxo2T5HtnnNrg@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Phineas Pett <phineas.pett@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I'm attempting to setup a native Plan 9 system for the first time, but
> I'm having a bit of trouble getting the timezone to ``stick.''
>
> Putting the following in my /lib/profile seemed the intuitive and
> correct thing to do:
>
> bind /adm/timezone/US_Central /adm/timezone/local
>
> But it does not work, and I don't understand why.
I wouldn't expect this to work. According to date(1),
/adm/timezone/local is copied into /env/timezone by init, meaning your
bind comes far too late.
You need to physically copy the file over, and then presumably reboot
to get everything set properly.
>
> The following also failed:
>
> cat /adm/timezone/US_Central > /adm/timezone/local
>
Did you reboot after doing this?
John
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-13 1:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-13 1:33 Phineas Pett
2012-11-13 1:39 ` John Floren [this message]
2012-11-13 2:15 ` Phineas Pett
2012-11-13 2:29 ` Anthony Sorace
2012-11-13 2:36 ` [9fans] [FIXED] " Phineas Pett
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