From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   jayjwa  wrote:   
   > Rich  writes:   
   >   
   >> Your system timezone is set via a symlink (usually) at /etc/localtime   
   >> which points to the appropriate zone file stored in /usr/share/zoneinfo   
   >> (Slack 15).   
   > Don't quote me on this, but I think a long time ago, Slackware used to   
   > use a file instead of the symlink. glibc advises the symlink. At some   
   > point it switched over. There's been alot of major changes over the   
   > years for Slackware (PAM and Avahi come to mind).   
      
   If you go back in time far enough, yes, the Slackware installer did a   
   "cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/xx/yyy /etc/localtime" to set your timezone.   
      
   I don't recall what version made the switch to the symlink.   
      
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