Changeset 1e8eae1

Timestamp:

Sep 7, 2006, 3:38:49 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Jim Gifford <clfs@…>

Branches:

clfs-1.2, clfs-2.1, clfs-3.0.0-systemd, clfs-3.0.0-sysvinit, master, systemd, sysvinit

Children:

4d0b309

Parents:

1001c87

Message:

Simplified glibc copying of localtime

File:

• BOOK/final-system/x86/glibc.xml (modified) (1 diff)

BOOK/final-system/x86/glibc.xml

@@ -238 +238 @@
     <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by running:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp -v --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
+<screen><userinput>cp -fv /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
     /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>