Changeset 19474b9 in clfs-sysroot

Timestamp:

Sep 15, 2006, 5:45:41 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Joe Ciccone <jciccone@…>

Branches:

master

Children:

14af44b

Parents:

3cf7854

Message:

Reverted r2646, The change to the timezone command. Did not notice this was already changed in trunk.

File:

• BOOK/cross-tools/common/glibc.xml (modified) (1 diff)

BOOK/cross-tools/common/glibc.xml

@@ -297 +297 @@
     <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by running:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp -fv ${CLFS}/usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
+<screen><userinput>cp -v --remove-destination ${CLFS}/usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
     ${CLFS}/etc/localtime</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone
     that <command>tzselect</command> provided (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>The meaning of the cp option:</title>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--remove-destination</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This is needed to force removal of the already existing symbolic
+          link. The reason for copying the file instead of using a symlink is to
+          cover the situation where <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
+          is on a separate partition. This could be important when booted into
+          single user mode.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
 
   </sect2>