FC4 timezone RPM problem
Mike - EMAIL IGNORED
m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 12 19:15:44 UTC 2007
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:50:32 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote:
> At 12:17 PM -0500 3/12/07, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>>I am having a problem updating my timezone data.
>>Here is an example.
>>
>># rpm -q tzdata
>>tzdata-2005m-1.fc4
>># rpm -U --allfiles --force tzdata-2006g-1.fc4.src.rpm
>># rpm -q tzdata
>>tzdata-2005m-1.fc4
>>
>>And the files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/
>>are unchanged.
>>
>>Thanks for your help.
>
> Well, naturally. You "installed" a source RPM, so it doesn't affect the
> binary RPM at all.
>
> Are you sure you need to update the tzdata? I'd have thought that a 2005
> tzdata would be fine for the US DST issue. What do these report?
>
> /usr/sbin/zdump -v America/New_York | grep 2007
> /usr/sbin/zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007
> --
[...]
# /usr/sbin/zdump -v America/New_York | grep 2007
America/New_York Sun Mar 11 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
America/New_York Sun Mar 11 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
America/New_York Sun Nov 4 05:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
America/New_York Sun Nov 4 06:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
# /usr/sbin/zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007
/etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 01:59:59 2007 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
/etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 03:00:00 2007 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
/etc/localtime Sun Oct 28 05:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:59:59 2007 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
/etc/localtime Sun Oct 28 06:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:00:00 2007 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
Odd that one looks correct, and the other looks
incorrect. What do you advise?
Thanks,
Mike.
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