On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:48:56 -0800, Pete Nesbitt wrote: > On November 17, 2003 06:21 pm, Rune Berge wrote: > > While running up2date today I got the following warning: > > > > 5:glibc warning: /etc/localtime created as > > /etc/localtime.rpmnew > > > > Will this cause any problems? I don't know what the problem is, but my old > > /etc/localtime is a link to /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Oslo so it > > shouldn't be replaced by a binary (or should it?). > > > > > > Rune > > Hi Rune, > I will take a shot at this. Maybe someone can correct or expand on it. > > The rpmnew (config files get rpmsave) is actually the old one. It's the _new_ one, hence it's name. With config files (when marked as such in the package) RPM tries to be smart about not overwriting your configuration settings upon package upgrades. So, it did not change the /etc/localtime customization, but warns about that. --
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