From 839083bb523b82cca28d3f0ecc8d4c3469a0853d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2022 09:56:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] make the location of the swclock reference file configurable

This fixes #565.
---
 conf.d/meson.build | 1 +
 conf.d/swclock     | 6 ++++++
 init.d/swclock.in  | 5 +++--
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 conf.d/swclock

diff --git a/conf.d/meson.build b/conf.d/meson.build
index ce704180..cede4e76 100644
--- a/conf.d/meson.build
+++ b/conf.d/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ conf_common = [
   'localmount',
   'netmount',
   'swap',
+  'swclock',
   ]
 
 conf_net = [
diff --git a/conf.d/swclock b/conf.d/swclock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7c22063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf.d/swclock
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# This is the location of the reference file swclock uses to set the
+# system date and time.
+# This is the default path. If you are using it, you do not need to
+# uncomment it. If you are using the default and have /var on its own
+# file system, you need to add the appropriate rc_after setting.
+# swclock_file=/var/lib/misc/openrc-shutdowntime
diff --git a/init.d/swclock.in b/init.d/swclock.in
index a85f4bae..63c052d1 100644
--- a/init.d/swclock.in
+++ b/init.d/swclock.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # except according to the terms contained in the LICENSE file.
 
 description="Sets the local clock to the mtime of a given file."
+swclock_file="${swclock_file:-/var/lib/misc/openrc-shutdowntime}"
 
 depend()
 {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ depend()
 start()
 {
 	ebegin "Setting the local clock based on last shutdown time"
-	if ! swclock 2> /dev/null; then
+	if ! swclock "${swclock_file}" 2> /dev/null; then
 	swclock --warn @SBINDIR@/openrc-run
 	fi
 	eend $?
@@ -31,6 +32,6 @@ start()
 stop()
 {
 	ebegin "Saving the shutdown time"
-	swclock --save
+	swclock --save "${swclock_file}"
 	eend $?
 }