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tzsetup: symlink /etc/localtime instead of copying

Description

tzsetup: symlink /etc/localtime instead of copying

Using a symlink means that new timezone data (installed by an errata
update, say) will be usable without having to be copied again.

Reviewed by: bapt, kevans, philip
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D37005

(cherry picked from commit 5e16809c953f4cd19fadb1767469dec319de0353)

Details

Provenance
emasteAuthored on Oct 14 2022, 4:44 PM
Reviewer
bapt
Differential Revision
D37005: tzsetup: symlink /etc/localtime instead of copying
Parents
rG0673e7e370cb: tzsetup: Correct UTC description
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rG06a6d0259fe5: Revert "tzsetup: symlink /etc/localtime instead of copying"