Bug#1030850: Please stop creating /etc/timezone
Hi,
Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> wrote (Wed, 21 Jun 2023 23:36:16 +0100):
> On Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:03:35 +0100 Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
> wrote:
> > Source: tzsetup
> > Version: 1:0.118
> > Severity: normal
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: 822733@bugs.debian.org
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > regarding the latest changes in tzdata, which stopped creating
> > /etc/timezone [1], it was recommended that tzsetup should be updated
> > accordingly [2].
>
> As requested by Benjamin, created bugs against packages that appear to
> rely on /etc/timezone (ie, they mention /etc/timezone but not
> /etc/localtime as found on codesearch):
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038833
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038834
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038835
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038836
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038837
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038838
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038839
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038840
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038841
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038842
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038843
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038844
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038845
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038846
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038847
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038848
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038849
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038850
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038851
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038852
So, more than a year later, 12 of these 20 bugs are still open.
They have been turned into RC lately.
Any objections against uploading this, dropping the creation of
/etc/timezone?
Holger
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Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
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