Bug#1080318: postinst fails if /etc/locatime exists

[Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.com>]

Package: tzdata
Version: 2024a-4

At the upgrade from Bookworm to Trixie the postinst for tzdata
failed:

Setting up tzdata (2024a-4) ...
dpkg: error processing package tzdata (--configure):
 installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10


/etc/localtime was

# ls -al /etc/localtime 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jul  7 10:09 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/CET

Restarting the upgrade did not help. After manually removing
the symlink the upgrade succeeded.


Regards
Harri