[OE-core] how to set time zone

[Ni Qingliang]

I'd like the 'system level configuration' solution.

the /etc/localtime/ link can be done when packaging rootfs (using the
system level configuration).

On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 22:43 +0800, Mark Hatle wrote:
> Setting the default TZ for the image is something that should be done in a post
> install script for the tzdata package or something similar.
> 
> Since the /etc/localtime is usually a copy/hardlink or symlink to the timezone
> data we don't want to package it up.  Instead we want to perform the actions
> that a program running on the target system itself would use to change the timezone.
> 
> So I think the easiest approach is to add a system level configuration variable
> (set the default).
> 
> Then use this variable to populate the configuration file that specifies the
> system timezone... and then use the post install process to check the contents
> of a text file.
> 
> Alternatively do this via an initscript -- but for folks w/ read-only
> filesystems I'm not sure that will work.
> 
> --Mark
> 
> On 10/28/11 3:22 AM, Andrea Adami wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Ni Qingliang <niqingliang at insigma.com.cn
> > <mailto:niqingliang at insigma.com.cn>> wrote:
> >
> >     THANKS!
> >
> >     I still want the native support by oe-core/yocto:-). If no, I will try
> >     by myself.
> >
> >
> > I've asked three or four time the oe-core crow to improve the recipe...last one:
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Joshua Lock <josh at linux.intel.com
> > <mailto:josh at linux.intel.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Per mailing requests, here are updates to the tzdata and gst-plugins-good
> >     recipes.
> >
> >     Joshua
> >
> >     The following changes since commit 95d0ff5e070c690314ab87665200099a52d37ebf:
> >
> >      tzdata: updated SRC_URI and update to 2011k (2011-10-18 11:16:58 -0700)
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the tzdata fix.
> > Now, we have the same recipes in meta-oe with a slightly different do_install
> > and packaging: I'm referring to /etc/localtime and /etc/timezone: which package
> > do provide those in oe-core?
> >
> > (We'll remove the tzdata/tzcodes from meta-oe once the recipes are matching)
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> > Andrea
> >
> >
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