I see in CentOS 7 that /etc/localtime is a symlink (which seems sensible...) but in earlier versions it is a copy of some file from under /usr/share/zoneinfo. rpm -q --scripts tzdata does not show any postinstall script, so in the non-symlink versions, how does the copied /etc/localtime file get updated with new zone data?
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On 13 Apr 2015, at 20:13, "Les Mikesell" lesmikesell@gmail.com wrote:
I see in CentOS 7 that /etc/localtime is a symlink (which seems sensible...) but in earlier versions it is a copy of some file from under /usr/share/zoneinfo. rpm -q --scripts tzdata does not show any postinstall script, so in the non-symlink versions, how does the copied /etc/localtime file get updated with new zone data?
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On 13 Apr 2015, at 20:13, "Les Mikesell" lesmikesell@gmail.com wrote:
I see in CentOS 7 that /etc/localtime is a symlink (which seems sensible...) but in earlier versions it is a copy of some file from under /usr/share/zoneinfo. rpm -q --scripts tzdata does not show any postinstall script, so in the non-symlink versions, how does the copied /etc/localtime file get updated with new zone data?
I believe it is by glibc-common on CentOS 6 - it may be the same on CentOS 7
James Pearson
James Pearson wrote:
On 13 Apr 2015, at 20:13, "Les Mikesell" lesmikesell@gmail.com wrote:
I see in CentOS 7 that /etc/localtime is a symlink (which seems sensible...) but in earlier versions it is a copy of some file from under /usr/share/zoneinfo. rpm -q --scripts tzdata does not show any postinstall script, so in the non-symlink versions, how does the copied /etc/localtime file get updated with new zone data?
I believe it is by glibc-common on CentOS 6 - it may be the same on CentOS 7
That is, on CentOS 6, glibc-common has a triggerin script that runs /usr/sbin/tzdata-update when tzdata is installed/updated
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