Bug#455783: Script tzdata.postinst fails: /usr/bin/tzconfig not found

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

severity 455783 normal
thanks

Arnold Metselaar a écrit :
> Package: tzdata
> Version: 2007j-1etch1
> Severity: important
> 
> 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.

We are working on a solution so that an upgrade of libc6 also imply an
upgrade of tzdata.

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