Bug#510908: preseeding tzdata fails

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 10:15:18PM +0100, Tobias Schlemmer wrote:
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> Package: tzdata
> Version: 2008h-2
> Severity: normal
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> Trying to configure a live system I found the following behaviour:
> 
> On the build system and on the live system I have installed the same
> version of
> tzdata, but debconf-get-selections returns the same settings, but a
> permutation
> in the order of the lines.
> 
> Trying to feed in the settings of the build system fails. The settings
> are not set.
> But when I configure tzdata manually save the settings, reconfigure and
> feed in the
> old settings they are recognized (all on the live system).
> 
> This looks a little bit strange to me.

Sorry, but I don't follow what's the problem. Could you please send us
the output of the two systems, and what you are trying to feed, so that
we can understand the problem?

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