----- Original Message ----- > Hi, > > On 04-07-17 16:41, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 2:11 AM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> wrote: > >>> "Language and Keyboard Layout" > >>> > >>> I don't see how a normal (non live) non net-install differs > >>> from a net-install. In both cases anaconda is pretty much the > >>> only thing which is running and as such is the best place to > >>> ask about this. I agree that with livecds we need something > >>> else. > >> > >> It doesn't. Anaconda is the right place in both cases. But Workstation > >> has only the live image and netinstall images, so we don't consider > >> this case. > >> > >>> "Time and Date" > >>> > >>> It is important to get the timezone setup correctly *before* > >>> running the phase of anaconda where it formats filesystems > >>> and copies files. Otherwise various tools may complain about > >>> timestamps in the future for files created during install > >>> time when the timezone is later changed in such a way > >>> that the (timezone-adjusted) time becomes earlier. > >>> > >>> We've had several bugs related to this in the past and > >>> actually have moved timezone configuration up to an earlier > >>> point in the installer because of this. > > > > The timezone configuration is only needed for dual-boot installations where > > the BIOS is in local time instead of UTC, as I don't expect the installer > > to write anything but UTC dates on disk. > > The problem is with freshly generated files, if the timezone is say > CET, then those files (and also the filesystem creation timestamp in > the superblock) get created at UTC+1, if then after boot the user corrects > the timezone to say UTC-6 and within those 7 hours reboots the user > will get a bunch of complaints from fsck and other tools about timestamps > in the future. IIRC. esp. the fsck issue was nasty. Why is the superblock creation date in local time instead of UTC? > Really this is a solved problem for 8 years or so now, the anaconda team > has gone over this in much detail back then. We simply MUST ask for the > timezone info before writing anything to disk. If we took that approach to every problem, I'd be on the beach right now. _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
