On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Alain Guibert wrote: > On Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 5:36:08 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > a symlink to wherever they want: /etc/adjtime -> /var/lib/foo > > -2) Can't work if the filesystem doesn't support symlinks. is there any realistic example of this ? > >> A private /etc/hwclock.conf > > > > sounds ugly. one config file for one setting ? > > Well no. We discuss here only this single setting, but the file could > contain other ones (equivalent to --directisa, --jensen, --rtc=...). then you're just duplicating what distros already have in place. i really see this as being in the realm of distro integration / system administration, not util-linux, especially considering the distro side of things is already there today. > > a cmdline option is a must. > > But --adjfile doesn't conveniently cover hand calls of hwclock. i dont see how this really matters ? command line options for controlling behavior is the standard interface for everything at this level. diverging because you're worried about trying to hold the hands of sysadmins (who are supposed to know what they're doing) is just craziness. -mike
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