Re: Bug#20241: Timezones should depend on debian-utils

[miquels@cistron.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg)]

In article <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.980329134601.20531D-100000@dwarf.polaris.net>,
Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> wrote:
>OK guys! I'm ready to close this bug.
>
>To refresh everyones mind, the original complaint was about the following
>line from the tzconfig script:
>
>TIMEZONES=$(tempfile) || TIMEZONES=/etc/timezone.$$
>
>Are we all agreed that this is acceptable and that no dependency is
>necessary? (also note: TIMEZONES is removed at the end of the script)

It is not acceptable: it generates an errormessage on stderr if tempfile
is not installed.

I suppose this would work:

TIMEZONES=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null) || TIMEZONES=/etc/timezone.$$
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^
(I tested this)

Mike.
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