Re: git: 5e16809c953f - main - tzsetup: symlink /etc/localtime instead of copying

Reply: Warner Losh : "Re: git: 5e16809c953f - main - tzsetup: symlink /etc/localtime instead of copying"
In reply to: Ed Maste : "git: 5e16809c953f - main - tzsetup: symlink /etc/localtime instead of copying"
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From: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 07:17:35 UTC

On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 02:17:11AM +0000, Ed Maste wrote:
> The branch main has been updated by emaste:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5e16809c953f4cd19fadb1767469dec319de0353
> 
> commit 5e16809c953f4cd19fadb1767469dec319de0353
> Author:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2022-10-14 16:44:35 +0000
> Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2023-11-24 02:13:49 +0000
> 
>     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.
Does this mean that installations with split / and /usr get broken?