FS#116 - Clock always set to UTC by rc.sysinit

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by (toth64) - Monday, 11 August 2003, 13:31 GMT
Last edited by (toth64) - Monday, 11 August 2003, 19:16 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category System
Status Closed
Assigned To Judd Vinet (judd)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.6 Widget
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

In /etc/rc.sysinit, there is the following line:

if [ "$HARDWARECLOCK" = "UTC" ]; then

which will set the hardware clock to UTC regardless of the setting in /etc/rc.conf. The correct line should be:

if [ "$HARDWARECLOCK" == "UTC" ]; then
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Closed by  Anonymous Submitter
Monday, 11 August 2003, 19:16 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Judd Vinet (judd) - Monday, 11 August 2003, 18:07 GMT
Actually, both methods work. Write a test stub and try it out.
Comment by (toth64) - Monday, 11 August 2003, 19:16 GMT
  • Task details edited
You are correct. I wrote a small script to check it. This problem did however show up right after installation...it may be an installation issue. I haven't had the problem with other distributions, but it did set my clock back 5 hours after installing Arch. (EST time zone, GMT -5). Could it be that the time was loaded as UTC at installation time when the install ISO booted, but was then saved as localtime when I rebooted from the install? Maybe the system clock should not be saved when rebooting from the installation ISO?

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