Attachment 5784 Details for Bug 14888 – patch to unlink and symlink new localtime

[patch] patch to unlink and symlink new localtime

localtime_link.patch (text/plain), 706 bytes, created by Angelo Naselli on 2015-01-04 21:07:08 CET

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Creator: Angelo Naselli

Created: 2015-01-04 21:07:08 CET

Size: 706 bytes

patch

obsolete

diff --git a/perl-install/timezone.pm b/perl-install/timezone.pm
index efd1abd..98a33c3 100644
--- a/perl-install/timezone.pm
+++ b/perl-install/timezone.pm
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ sub write {
     set_ntp_server($t->{ntp});
 
     my $tz_prefix = get_timezone_prefix();
-    eval { cp_af($tz_prefix . '/' . $t->{timezone}, "$::prefix/etc/localtime") };
-    $@ and log::l("installing /etc/localtime failed");
+    unlink "$::prefix/etc/localtime" or log::l("unlinking $! failed");
+    symlink ($tz_prefix . '/' . $t->{timezone}, "$::prefix/etc/localtime") or log::l("linking /etc/localtime failed");
     setVarsInSh("$::prefix/etc/sysconfig/clock", {
 	ZONE => $t->{timezone},
 	UTC  => bool2text($t->{UTC}),

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