tzsetup without menu?

[Remy Zandwijk]

>>>> The tzsetup manual page on 11.1-RELEASE-p4 says:
>>>> 
>>>>   It is possible to short-circuit the menu system by specifying the
>>>>   location of a zoneinfo_file or the name of the zoneinfo_name on the
>>>>   command line; this is intended mainly for pre-configured installation
>>>>   scripts or people who know which zoneinfo they want to install.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> However, when I run the command like this, I still get the menu:
>>>> 
>>>>   tzsetup -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Am I doing it wrong or does the tzsetup command not act like documented?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Remy
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I think you could just copy the zonefile
>>> 
>>> # md5 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime
>>> MD5 (/usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin) = 4790e83465681cefbf852aed265354bf
>>> MD5 (/etc/localtime) = 4790e83465681cefbf852aed265354bf
>>> 
>>> 
>>> thus
>>> 
>>> cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam /etc/localtime
>>> echo "Europe/Amsterdam" > /var/db/zoneinfo
>> 
>> Thanks, that seems to work(around).
>> 
>> But still: either the documentation is wrong or the command has a bug.
>> 
>> -Remy
>> 
> 
> Wait ... this wouldn't adjust the clock, and ignore UTC setting /etc/wall_cmos_clock
> 
> better:
> echo "Europe/Amsterdam" > /var/db/zoneinfo
> touch /etc/wall_cmos_clock  # if clock is set to local time
> tzsetup -r
> 
> 
> The documentation is not wrong.
> "Skip the initial question about adjusting the clock if not set to UTC"
> so it just skips the UTC question

That part of the documentation is correct. The -s flag skips the UTC question. 

I was referring to:

    It is possible to short-circuit the menu system by specifying the
    location of a zoneinfo_file or the name of the zoneinfo_name on the
    command line; this is intended mainly for pre-configured installation
    scripts or people who know which zoneinfo they want to install.

I provided the location of the zoneinfo file and still the menu pops up. When I read "possible to short-circuit the menu system", I interpret that as that the menu won't pop up.


-Remy

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