From 549761a1442004d74c55dc2fd704cf276d94b46a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Marek=20Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki?=
 <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:56:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Do not override file pointed by /etc/localtime symlink

On Fedora 21 (and probably others) /etc/localtime is no longer file
copy, but a symlink to original timezone file. Using `cp` to change
timezone here would override original file instead of just changing the
timezone.

Details:
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/4a0de9457e08b93d1a39ac4cdbc6b632%40ruggedinbox.com
---
 vm-systemd/qubes-sysinit.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vm-systemd/qubes-sysinit.sh b/vm-systemd/qubes-sysinit.sh
index 3c2cd20..9f808b7 100755
--- a/vm-systemd/qubes-sysinit.sh
+++ b/vm-systemd/qubes-sysinit.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fi
 if ! grep -rq "^/etc/timezone$" "${PROTECTED_FILE_LIST}" 2>/dev/null; then
     timezone=`$QDB_READ /qubes-timezone 2> /dev/null`
     if [ -n "$timezone" ]; then
-        cp -p /usr/share/zoneinfo/$timezone /etc/localtime
+        ln -sf ../usr/share/zoneinfo/$timezone /etc/localtime
         if [ -e /etc/debian_version ]; then
             echo "$timezone" > /etc/timezone
         else