Daylight savings time problem
andrew.d.hay
mvadh at cbnews.ATT.COM
Wed Apr 5 23:15:08 AEST 1989
In article <16663 at cup.portal.com> thad at cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
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"Note, also, that one should patch, per Lenny's comments, at least /lib/shlib
"and /etc/smgr. On my systems I was unable to directly alter /etc/smgr since
"it had some file(s) open, so I had to resort to the following:
"
" # cd /etc
" # dstconvert smgr smgr-new
"
" shutdown the system (still powered-up), then:
"
" reboot from the Floppy Boot Disk (and Floppy Filesystem, being sure
" to abort (using shift-ESC when asked the question about clobbering
" the hard disk)), then:
"
" # cd /mnt/etc # which goes to the HD's /etc
" # rm smgr # delete the old smgr having pre-1988 DST rules
" # mv smgr-new smgr # rename the new smgr having new 1988 DST rules
" # sync;sync;sync # assure disk buffers are flushed
" # cd / # return to the floppy filesystem
"
" then remove the floppy disk and press the reset button (at the back of
" the system) to reboot from HD.
you can't rm the smgr, but you can mv it, even when it has open files!
so the above condenses into:
# dstconvert /etc/smgr /etc/smgr-new
# mv /etc/smgr /tmp
# mv /etc/smgr-new /etc/smgr
(repeat for /lib/shlib and other files to be converted)
# shutdown
voila`!
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