Bug#1089744: tzdata: oldstable version fails to update

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

Hi,

On 2024-12-12 00:19, Christoph Egger wrote:
> Package: tzdata
> Version: 2024a-0+deb12u1
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi!
> 
> tzdata update fails here, installing 2024a from /var/cache/apt gets the system back to working. This is from inside a systemd-nspawn.
> 
> Thank you
> 
>   Chistoph
> 
> 
> (Reading database ... 65470 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack .../tzdata_2024b-0+deb11u1_all.deb ...
> Unpacking tzdata (2024b-0+deb11u1) over (2024a-0+deb12u1) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/tzdata_2024b-0+deb11u1_all.deb (--unpack):
>  unable to open '/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Africa/Abidjan.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
>   Errors were encountered while processing:
>     /var/cache/apt/archives/tzdata_2024b-0+deb11u1_all.deb
>       E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Do I understand correctly that you try to downgrade tzdata from the
bookworm version to the bullseye version? 

Or is it the log of the rollback you did, as it seems to be implied by
the version against which the bug has been reported?

Regards
Aurelien

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