Bug#346342: libc6: REALLY annoying: destroys workaround all the time

[Martin Stolle <mstoll@sus.mcgill.ca>]

Package: libc6
Version: 2.3.6-5
Followup-For: Bug #346342


I would like to add something really annoying to this bug:  every time
the libc6 package is updated, it overwrites /etc/localtime .  This makes
this bug REALLY annoying, since the perfectly working workaround of
copying the timezone file into /etc/localtime is destroyed all the time.

I would like also like to add something to the "dual boot ppl are
lame" argument.  Many ppl, even those that are full Linux ppl, dual boot
to run the odd Windows application.  I am one of them, and I have
multiple partition, because I run Debian most of the time and like the
added reliability (has save my ass before!).  So PLEASE, I IMPLORE you,
fix this bug.  Copying the timezone file to /etc instead of symlinking
it is a perfectly acceptable solution, especially if you overwrite
/etc/localtime ANYWAYS ALL THE TIME.

So PLEASE, fix this ridiculous "easy to fix, but won't do it because of
silly ideological concerns", or AT LEAST, don't overwrite /etc/localtime
ALL THE TIME.

Thanks,
  Martin



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Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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