[Bio-Linux] Problem with daylight-saving hours

[Keith Jolley]

Following the upgrade of my Bio-Linux machine, ntpd was set up to
synchronise with the University time servers.  The time was one hour off
though, even though the timezone was set correctly using redhat-config-date.
The problem is mentioned in Redhat Bugzilla
(http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=91228), and is due to a
symlink to the timezone file pointing to an unmounted partition on reboot if
there is a dedicated /usr partition.

The problem is solved by copying rather than linking the timezone file, e.g.

sudo cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime

Hope this may be of use to someone.

Keith
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Dr. Keith Jolley
The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research
University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford, OX1 3SY