diff -pur util-linux-2.12q/hwclock/hwclock.c util-linux-2.12q-fix/hwclock/hwclock.c
--- util-linux-2.12q/hwclock/hwclock.c	2004-12-15 20:13:48.000000000 +0100
+++ util-linux-2.12q-fix/hwclock/hwclock.c	2005-09-20 10:27:49.000000000 +0200
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  * reading '/etc/clock -au' instead of '/etc/clock -u -s', this error
  * is automatically corrected at every boot.
  *
- * To do this job, the program reads and writes the file '/etc/adjtime'
+ * To do this job, the program reads and writes the file '/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime'
  * to determine the correction, and to save its data. In this file are
  * three numbers:
  *
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@
  *
  * Installation and use of this program:
  *
- * a) create a file '/etc/adjtime' containing as the first and only line:
+ * a) create a file '/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime' containing as the first and only line:
  *    '0.0 0 0.0'
  * b) run 'clock -au' or 'clock -a', depending on whether your cmos is in
  *    universal or local time. This updates the second number.
  * c) set your system time using the 'date' command.
  * d) update your cmos time using 'clock -wu' or 'clock -w'
- * e) replace the first number in /etc/adjtime by your correction.
+ * e) replace the first number in /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime by your correction.
  * f) put the command 'clock -au' or 'clock -a' in your '/etc/rc.local'
  */
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct clock_ops *ur;
 #define FLOOR(arg) ((arg >= 0 ? (int) arg : ((int) arg) - 1));
 
 /* Here the information for time adjustments is kept. */
-#define ADJPATH "/etc/adjtime"
+#define ADJPATH "/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime"
 
 /* Store the date here when "badyear" flag is set. */
 #define LASTDATE "/var/lib/lastdate"
@@ -231,10 +231,10 @@ hw_clock_is_utc(const bool utc, const bo
 static int
 read_adjtime(struct adjtime *adjtime_p) {
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Read the adjustment parameters out of the /etc/adjtime file.
+  Read the adjustment parameters out of the /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime file.
 
   Return them as the adjtime structure <*adjtime_p>.
-  If there is no /etc/adjtime file, return defaults.
+  If there is no /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime file, return defaults.
   If values are missing from the file, return defaults for them.
   
   return value 0 if all OK, !=0 otherwise.