RE: [WBEL-users] Re: new DST on WBL 3.0...

Localtime doesn't get updated unless you also applied all the glibc
patches too. Normally this is just copied when you build the system for
the first time. 

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Heller
Sent: 11 March 2007 20:06
To: Cris Rhea
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [WBEL-users] Re: new DST on WBL 3.0...

At Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:23:06 -0500 Cris Rhea <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> > Subject: [WBEL-users] new DST on WBL 3.0...
> > To: [email protected]
> > Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> > 
> > What do I need to upgrade *besides* tzdata on a WBL 3.0 system to
get it
> > to recognize the new DST start date?
> > 
> > I have an (old) laptop that is running WBL 3.0 -- it is an old P133
system
> > and the sound card does not work with the RHEL 2.6 kernels and I use
> > this machine as a kind of iPod much of the time.
> > 
> > I have upgraded tzdata (to tzdata-2006m-3.el3), but the machine
still
> > believe that it should be on EST and not EDT.
> > 
> > What else do I *need* to upgrade?  I cannot run yum update -- it
hang
> > trying to get the header info files (I don't have a good, fast,
reliable
> > network connection).  I know that the glibc files are somewhat
outdated,
> > but I am not sure what else is outdated (or if that matters in terms
of
> > the time zone setup).
> > 
> > -- 
> > Robert Heller             -- 978-544-6933
> > Deepwoods Software        -- Linux Installation and Administration
> > http://www.deepsoft.com/  -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database
> > [email protected]       -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk
> 
> There's a glibc component (you should be fine running WBEL3) and the
time zone files...
> The stuff under /usr/share/zoneinfo is the TZ info for everywhere, BUT
/etc/localtime is
> the TZ file for YOUR SYSTEM.

/etc/localtime was the clue.  I just did a 

sudo cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime

And now it is showing the correct local time (EDT).

I guess the install of tzdata-2006m-3.el3 didn't update /etc/localtime
for some reason...

> 
> Pull /etc/localtime from another (working) system and see what it does
for you...
> 
> The test of a fixed /etc/localtime is: 
> 
> [crhea@kaizen ~]$ /usr/sbin/zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007
> /etc/localtime  Sun Mar 11 07:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59
2007 CST isdst=0 gmtoff=-21600
> /etc/localtime  Sun Mar 11 08:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00
2007 CDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-18000
> /etc/localtime  Sun Nov  4 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:59:59
2007 CDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-18000
> /etc/localtime  Sun Nov  4 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:00:00
2007 CST isdst=0 gmtoff=-21600
> 
> (I'm in CST/CDT, but the key is the dates).
> 
> --- Cris
> 
> 

-- 
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Deepwoods Software        -- Linux Installation and Administration
http://www.deepsoft.com/  -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database
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