Changeset 5229469 in clfs-sysroot for BOOK

Timestamp:

Sep 15, 2006, 4:56:51 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Joe Ciccone <jciccone@…>

Branches:

master

Children:

e6833d1

Parents:

bf38bf6

Message:

Simplified glibc copying of localtime

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 -v --remove-destination ${CLFS}/usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
+<screen><userinput>cp -fv ${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>