Glibc currently looks for the timezone in $(out)/etc/localtime rather than /etc/localtime, meaning it cannot be set at all (except for setting $TZ). Glibc should be compiled to look in /etc rather than $(out)/etc, consistent with other Glibc configuration files such as /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/passwd and so on.

Submitted by Eelco Dolstra on 7 July 2011 at 21:25