Changeset 19474b9 in clfs-sysroot for BOOK/cross-tools/common


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Timestamp:
Sep 15, 2006, 5:45:41 PM (18 years ago)
Author:
Joe Ciccone <jciccone@…>
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master
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14af44b
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3cf7854
Message:

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

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  • BOOK/cross-tools/common/glibc.xml

    r3cf7854 r19474b9  
    297297    <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by running:</para>
    298298
    299 <screen><userinput>cp -fv ${CLFS}/usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
     299<screen><userinput>cp -v --remove-destination ${CLFS}/usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
    300300    ${CLFS}/etc/localtime</userinput></screen>
    301301
    302302    <para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone
    303303    that <command>tzselect</command> provided (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para>
     304
     305    <variablelist>
     306      <title>The meaning of the cp option:</title>
     307
     308      <varlistentry>
     309        <term><parameter>--remove-destination</parameter></term>
     310        <listitem>
     311          <para>This is needed to force removal of the already existing symbolic
     312          link. The reason for copying the file instead of using a symlink is to
     313          cover the situation where <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
     314          is on a separate partition. This could be important when booted into
     315          single user mode.</para>
     316        </listitem>
     317      </varlistentry>
     318    </variablelist>
    304319
    305320  </sect2>
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