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SubjectRe: updating the RTC automagically
On 19 Nov 99, at 14:19, Marc Lehmann wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 08:10:25AM +0200, Ulrich Windl <ulrich.windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de> wrote:
> > I hope you realize that timezone is basically a number ;-)
>
> A number that changes irregularly depending on your latitude/longitude and
> the time.
>
> Definitly this logic can't go into the kernel.
>
> OTOH, if you want the timezone value in the kernel you'd need a userspace
> demon to keep it updated all the time, in which case you would have no win
> over the current situation.

For most machines it is sufficient to update the timezone information
twice a year.

>
> (Please note that the trickery the kernel does to "detect" the timezone
> is far from being correct. It's only a hack for those poor people using
> windows).

Yes, but probably the majority of Linux users has such a dual
configuration.

>
> > I had a kilobytes or something like that in mind, with the
> > possibility to simplyfy some other stuff
>
> Now the question would be "how to inform the kernel about the timezone"?
> (And keep the info updated).

sysctl, what else.

Regards,
Ulrich


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