RE: [opensuse] rpmnew question

On Saturday, January 20, 2007 @ 4:09 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Greg Wallace [01-20-07 17:03]:

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I have the following two files --

/etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime.rpmnew

If I run diff /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.rpmnew I get back "localtime and localtime.rpmnew differ". No details, just that message. The same thing happens if I substitute the /usr/share/... for localtime in the diff command. If I do a cat localtime.rpmnew I get back TZifUTC. If I do a cat localtime, I get back a half-dozen lines or so of unprintable characters (apparently it's a binary file). The date on localtime is 1/19. The date on localtime.rpmnew is 11/25. So, this rpmnew has come out since localtime was created. Somehow I don't feel comfortable swapping the rpmnew in for the rpm. Suggestions?

first you need to find out what the first line indicates, "/etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago"

Isn't that just a symbolic link? I. e., shouldn't /etc/localtime, which is really /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago be more or less the same as /etc/localtime.rpmnew? I can't imagine why they are so wildly different if rpmnew is supposed to be a replacement for the original file.

it is not what you think and it is good that you feel uncomfortable about swapping the files.

-- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535

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