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Bug#803144: marked as done (tzdata: turn /etc/timezone into a symlink)

Your message dated Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:50:30 +0000
with message-id <E1aPCFi-0005HR-2B@franck.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#803144: fixed in tzdata 2016a-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #803144,
regarding tzdata: turn /etc/timezone into a symlink
to be marked as done.

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Package: tzdata
Version: 2015g-1
Severity: wishlist

Hello,

Michael Biebl and I just discussed about /etc/timezone, as we carry a
patch for that in systemd [1]. For a long time, tzdata (and
systemd-timedated) copied /usr/share/zoneinfo/... to /etc/timezone
because we needed to account for having a separate /usr. However,
since initramfs-tools 0.117 (in Jessie) /usr always gets mounted in
the initramfs, so during system boot we can rely on it.

Hence the original reason for not using a symlink is moot now. Would
you consider turning it into a symlink now? We'd gladly follow along
in systemd and drop that patch.

With a symlink there's less conffile jitter on timezone updates, less
chance of it becoming inconsistent with newer tzdata updates, fewer
things to be put into your /etc/ git backup; and I don't believe that
/etc/timezone is really meant to be changed by admins -- i. e. it's
not meant to be a conffile, it just was there because in earlier
Debian releases a symlink was unreliable during early boot.

Thanks for considering!

Martin

[1] http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-systemd/systemd.git/tree/debian/patches/timedated-don-t-rely-on-usr-being-mounted-in-the-ini.patch
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Source: tzdata
Source-Version: 2016a-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
tzdata, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 803144@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> (supplier of updated tzdata package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:26:32 +0100
Source: tzdata
Binary: tzdata tzdata-java
Architecture: source
Version: 2016a-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>
Description:
 tzdata     - time zone and daylight-saving time data
 tzdata-java - time zone and daylight-saving time data for use by java runtimes
Closes: 803144
Changes:
 tzdata (2016a-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Aurelien Jarno ]
   * Add Vcs-Git and Vcs-Browser fields to debian/control.
   * New upstream version, affecting the following future time stamps:
     - America/Cayman
     - Asia/Chita
     - Asia Tehran
   * Change /etc/timezone into a symlink (closes: #803144)
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