Bug#455783: Script tzdata.postinst fails: /usr/bin/tzconfig not found
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 09:50:00PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> Arnold Metselaar a écrit :
> > When I try to upgrade the tzdata pakage I get the following messages.
> > Setting up tzdata (2007j-1etch1) ...
> > Running 'tzconfig' to set this system's timezone.
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.postinst: line 27: /usr/sbin/tzconfig: No such file or directory
> > dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure):
> > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > tzdata
> >
> > The tzconfig program is in the package libc6 for etch, but no package currently
> > lenny or sid has it.
> > It may be possible to upgrade with a non-interactive front-end and change the
> > time zone by hand afterwards, but a postinst script may not assume the prezence
> > of a program that is not provided by a dependency or an essential package.
> >
>
> If you use libc6 from unstable, you should also uses tzdata from unstable.
>
> libc6 conflicts on the orginally version in etch, but unfortunately this
> doesn't work anymore now that the version has been upgraded.
I can confirm this bug on a testing(lenny) system. The problem come from
the tzdata packet 2007j-1etch1 which is present in the volatile
repository. The volatile repository is for stable(etch) systems but I do
not know if this bug occurs on stable systems.
Antoine
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