"John Smith" <sodgodofall(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> BTW, what's with the bizarre "Local time zone must be set--see zic
>> manual" where the timezone should be? Are you intentionally selecting
>> the "Factory" zone?
> I don't think I've put the correct timezone file in /etc/localtime so
> it is using some default file from the Gentoo install.
Ah, yes, I was able to duplicate that behavior by overwriting
/etc/localtime with /usr/share/zoneinfo/Factory. I guess the Gentoo
folks failed in their intention to annoy you enough to make you set
the zone correctly ;-)
regards, tom lane