Using mergemaster to keep /etc/localtime updated

[Olivier Smedts]

2011/3/28 Doug Barton <dougb at freebsd.org>:
> I'm starting a new thread since while the previous one contained a lot of
> good information it was starting to get a big fragmented, and as someone
> pointed out mergemaster is not a general solution so I want to focus on the
> area that I'm actually responsible for. :)
>
> Having read everything in the thread (and thanks to all who contributed,
> btw) my current plan is to add some code to the end (in the section that
> deals with things like running cap_mkdb if you update login.conf) to do the
> following. Please let me know if this sounds reasonable, or if I'm missing
> something:
>
> 1. If /var/db/zoneinfo exists, check to see if /etc/localtime is the same as
> /usr/share/`cat /var/db/zoneinfo` and if not, prompt the user to run
> tzsetup.
> 2. If /var/db/zoneinfo does not exist,

and /etc/localtime is not a symlink to a tz file ?

> check to see if kern.osreldate is
> after the date that the code was added, and if so, prompt the user to run
> tzsetup.

So how would mergemaster behave after a fresh "make installworld
distribution" in an empty DESTDIR ? Isn't it supposed to do nothing in
this case, because all should already be up-to-date ?

> 3. If /var/db/zoneinfo does not exist, and the new code has not been added
> yet, attempt to determine the right answer, and create a /var/db/zoneinfo
> file. (Note, I do not look forward to writing that bit.) :)
>
>
> Sound reasonable?
>
> Doug
>
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