[mythtv-users] Do time servers have the correct time today?

[Boleslaw Ciesielski]

Brian Wood wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Tom Lichti wrote:
>> Delete /etc/localtime and copy over the correct timezone file to
>> /etc/timezone.
 >
> Actually it's better to use a link. I'll bet he had copied the file  
> and didn't re-copy it after the update. With a link you never have to  
> worry about that.

Symlink is bad if /usr or /usr/share is a separate filesystem. Processes 
that start in the early boot stage (before that filesystem is mounted) 
will get the wrong timezone since they won't be able to read /etc/localtime.

Bolek