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Bug#793119: marked as done (Debian Installer doesn't let me configure locale en_US + time zone UTC)

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regarding Debian Installer doesn't let me configure locale en_US + time zone UTC
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Package: debian-installer
Version: 20150718
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i

I just tried to setup a dev VM using this netinst ISO:

debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso               2015-07-21 12:30  245M

I *assume* it's version 20150718 as that predates the daily build by 3
days and has been migrated to testing according to tracker.d.o.

The problem:

I am in a multinational, multi-language environment spread across the
globe, where by convention servers are configured to en_US, timezone
UTC. We use US keyboards no matter where on the planet we are.

In earlier versions of d-i, there was a menu to select the time zone,
and hitting "End" would get me to Etc/Utc which was at the bottom of the
list.

Now, in d-i, I select

Language: English
Country: United States
Keymap: American English

Then I enter the root password, user, username, password, and then have
to configure the clock.

The only options I have are Eastern, Central, Mountain, ... Samoa.

Does that seriously mean people who configure a locale other than C in
their system cannot set the clock to use UTC in d-i?

Sounds like a rather severe limitation to me, and it's not obvious how
to work around it but to fix it post installation ...

And yes, I invested 15min googling the problem and didn't find an answer.

FWIW, this difference also appears in Ubuntu 15.10 daily builds, where I
noticed it first (15.04 doesn't have the problem). Today I reproduced it
in Debian.

Let me know if I can help.

Alex

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As already stated by Neil, it is possible to select UTC as timezone for every
language/country, if you use the expert install option or select 
debconf priority "medium" from the installer's main menu.

This is also documented in the installation guide in
https://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch06s03.html#clock-setup


Thus I'm closing this bug.

Holger


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