symlinking /etc/localtime in zic.c

[Mariano Absatz - El Baby]

Hi,

I recently used 'zic -l' on a machine where /usr is on a different
filesystem than /etc and I saw the lines where this happens (in the
dolink() function).

Up until some time, I didn't know about "-l" and used to create a
symlink from /usr/share/zoneinfo/What/Ever to /etc/localtime

At that time, I was about to ask if it wouldn't be better to create a
symlink rather than a copy, but then I found out that linux distros
prefer to make a copy rather than a symlink because /usr might not be
mounted during boot and /etc/localtime would be pointing to no file...

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=346342
http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2006-April/msg00019.html

Now... IF the first
        result = link(fromname, toname);
fails, it is quite probably an indication that /usr is on a different
filesystem than / ... woulnd't it be better in that case to copy rather
than symlink it?

Regards.

-- 
Mariano Absatz - "El Baby"
baby at baby.com.ar
www.clueless.com.ar


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