[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] tzdata: install /etc/localtime alongside /etc/timezone

[Khem Raj]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Phil Blundell <philb at gnu.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 22:50 +0100, Burton, Ross wrote:
>> I'm curious if the people who want / and /usr on separate partitions
>> that Phil refers to are a hypothetical group of people, or people who
>> can chime in with their opinion.
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> As far as I know, only Intel have ever expressed any real interest in
> having this feature work.  My recollection is that there are some
> supposed "carrier grade" systems where this is, for whatever reason, a
> requirement.

whatever the reasons are. Its not clear what are reasons these systems can
not use techniques available now a days for creating new systems. I can
understand if OE had a legacy of it but seemingly its a feature being added.
I see that as an exception and not norm and we are treating as norm.

 There's been some previous discussion on the list, see for
> example:
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> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2012-February/017360.html
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> and the follow-ups to that message.
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