[OE-core] [PATCH v3 1/2] tzdata: We shouldn't override the localtime if it is valid

[Otavio Salvador]

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Andrea Adami <andrea.adami at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
>> The code where mistakenly replacing the localtime file setting so we
>> end with a copy of file instead of a symbolic link. This fixes it so
>> now, we'll only do that in case the link is pointing to invalid data.
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> there was the same discussion when I first proposed the Gentoo script:
> it wasn't a mistake. it's the old issue /usr not mounted at boot.
>
> See thread: http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2012-January/016237.html

As far as I know we stopped to worry about /usr not mounted at boot.
In either case the symbolic link is how it is managed in most
distributions and expected by many softwares available so I think we
ought to follow the standard here.

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