--- functions.old	2012-08-24 16:45:39.000000000 +0400
+++ functions.old	2018-04-03 00:38:49.000000000 +0300
@@ -222,14 +222,38 @@ 
 		Copy $verbose $force -m644 "/etc/$f" "etc/$f"
 	done
 
+	timedatectl_file="/etc/localtime"
+	if [ -f "${timedatectl_file}" ]
+		then
+			# for new systems with systemd
+			# alterator must be taught to make /etc/localtime a symlink, see the bug https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32346
+			if [ -L "${timedatectl_file}" ]
+				then
+					if [ -w ./etc ]
+						then
+							test -f ".${timedatectl_file}" || ln -s "${timedatectl_file}" ".${timedatectl_file}"
+							# set $timedatectl_file as an empty variable to avoid copying it as a file in the next loop
+							# if /etc/localtime is not a symlink, e.g. it is a system with sysvinit, then this file will simply be copied in the next loop, otherwise it won't be copied in it
+							timedatectl_file=""
+						else
+							if [ ! -d ./etc ] && [ -w ./ ]; then
+								mkdir ./etc
+								test -f ".${timedatectl_file}" || ln -s "${timedatectl_file}" ".${timedatectl_file}"
+								timedatectl_file=""
+							fi
+					fi
+			fi
+	fi
+	
 	# optional config files
-	for f in /etc/localtime /var/nis/NIS_COLD_START; do
+	for f in "${timedatectl_file}" /var/nis/NIS_COLD_START; do
 		if [ -f "$f" ]; then
 			Copy $verbose $force -m644 "$f" ".$f"
 		else
 			rm $verbose -f ".$f"
 		fi
 	done
+	
 
 	# NIS/NIS+
 	d=`nisdomainname`