Ubuntu
util-linux package

  1. Bug #26926
  2. Comment #49

Comment 49 for bug 26926

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In , Sven Joachim (sven-joachim) wrote : Re: hwclock.sh runs too late

Michael Biebl writes:
> As /etc/localtime is a copy and not a symlink anymore, hwclock.sh could
> be started even earlier than S11. The only requirement I see is S03udev
> (because of /dev/rtc). So the earliest possible time would be S04. As
> Thomas pointed out earlier, it should also be started before
> S10checkroot.sh. So somewhere between 04 and 10 would be a good place.

In this case, hwclock.sh cannot write to /etc/adjtime because the root
filesystem is still mounted read-only. Currently hwclock.sh creates
/etc/adjtime if it doesn't exist, but that might not be necessary, I don't
know.

Cheers,

Sven