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Bug#822733: marked as done (tzdata: Drop /etc/timezone)

Your message dated Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:20:44 +0000
with message-id <E1vVHrw-00HZPP-2m@fasolo.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#822733: fixed in tzdata 2025c-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #822733,
regarding tzdata: Drop /etc/timezone
to be marked as done.

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Package: tzdata
Version: 2016d-2
Severity: wishlist

/etc/localtime got turned into a symlink in 2016a-1 (see bug #803144),
now that /usr gets mounted from the initrd.

This now leaves /etc/timezone completely redundant, as you should get
exactly the same answer by readlink /etc/localtime -- and if you do
not get the same answer, you have an inconsistency. /etc/localtime
obviously "wins" for the actual clock (as that's what programs are
reading), but you presumably get the /etc/timezone value in some
"system configuration tool" packages which read /etc/timezone first.

https://codesearch.debian.net/perpackage-results/%2Fetc%2Ftimezone
shows a fair number of hits, but it's actually not so bad: as
/etc/timezone is a Debianism and /etc/localtime the distro-agnostic
standard, a lot of software which isn't Debian specific already looks
at both and only falls back to /etc/timezone if /etc/localtime does
not exist. A desktop installation boots fine and with the correct
time/zone after removing /etc/timezone.

If you are generally open to the idea, I can look through the above
codesearch results more closely to see which packages need fixing,
file bugs, and block this bug on those. But as that's quite some work,
I'd first like to discuss this with you.

Thanks!

Martin

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Source: tzdata
Source-Version: 2025c-2
Done: Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>

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 822733@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)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:51:19 +0100
Source: tzdata
Architecture: source
Version: 2025c-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>
Closes: 605834 813226 822733
Changes:
 tzdata (2025c-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Remove /etc/timezone on upgrade (Closes: #605834, #813226, #822733)
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