/etc/localtime problems

[Lev Serebryakov]

Hello, Arch.

  Now, /etc/localtime is copy of one of files from
/usr/share/zoneinfo. It is created at install time or with "tzsetup"
utility.

  IMHO, it is bad practice. For example, Russia changed rules
(cancelled Winter Time). Ok, our database was updated properly
(r223629 and MFCes), but "make buildworld installworld && mergemaster"
doesn't touch /etc/localtime! So, every administrator of every FreeBSD
server in Russia needs not to forget to update this file manually.

 It looks not good.

 IMHO, /etc/localtime should be symlink (in such case "installworld"
or "freebsd-update" will fix problem), or "mergemaster" should know
about this file and update it too...

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// Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev at serebryakov.spb.ru>