<div dir="ltr"><div>Yes, But help me understand. <br></div><div>I think you said that you are not convinced as to why that has to done.</div><div><br></div><div>My argument is very simple shouldn't a Linux environment allow change in timezone easily?</div><div>Now I am not an expert in Linux kernel development. But I see that some of the files, even though they reside in /etc are linked to file in /run</div><div>Like <b>resolv.conf. </b>Which allows dynamic changes.<br><b></b></div><div><br></div><div>timezone activity change is a very basic change one that needs to be supported by the system. Why guard it with so much.</div><div><br></div><div>Again I am asking if there is something else that you would want instead of the method suggested in the ticket. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I guess, your main concern is that this might open the flood gates where now everyone is changing /etc files according to their own whim and now read-only fs is not really a read-only fs</div><div><br></div><div>But then again I would argue that timezone changes has little effect and it should be customizable according to the user. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I am happy to spend my time doing that and submitting it again for review.</div><div>Like I said I just want to know the root issue with that approach . Because there are plenty other people who might be facing the same issue. <br></div><div>I am happy to invest my time in doing this<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"></span>Regards,<br>Shravan Singh<br>(239) 243-0838<br><br>Blue Sparq, Inc.<br>928 NE 24th Lane unit 4 and 5.<br>Cape Coral, FL 33993<br><font size="1"><br>IMPORTANT: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies thereof.</font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 3:32 PM Lennart Poettering <<a href="mailto:lennart@poettering.net">lennart@poettering.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Fr, 04.09.20 14:10, Shravan Singh (<a href="mailto:shravan@bluesparq.com" target="_blank">shravan@bluesparq.com</a>) wrote:<br>
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> Hello Lennart,<br>
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> Can you help me in understanding why this push was rejected?<br>
> *Make timedatectl nicely work with read-only filesystems #8277 *<br>
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The explanation is in the PR comments.<br>
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Lennart<br>
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Lennart Poettering, Berlin<br>
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