zic -l Foo/Bar leads to broken /etc/localtime
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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eglibc (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
since 13.04, zic seems to be broken.
Go to the Systemsettings set the correct time and turn on ntp. next, the timezone are correct but the time will always set tu UTC.
in a bugreport on kde.org > https:/
--kubuntu-dev note--
a user did some fiddling to zic and came up with a fix/workaround
http://
in particular the problem is that zic -l Foo/Bar will copy Foo/Bar which on debian systems is a relative symlink, so /etc/localtime ends up being broken since it doesn't point to an actual file anymore.
this issue seems to be affecting all of debian and pretty much renders zic useless for purposes of setting the system timezone.
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: libc-bin 2.17-91ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-5-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 15 13:14:33 2013
Dependencies:
gcc-4.8-base 4.8.1-8ubuntu1
libc6 2.17-91ubuntu1
libcap2 1:2.22-1.2ubuntu2
libgcc1 1:4.8.1-8ubuntu1
multiarch-support 2.17-91ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-06 (69 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: eglibc
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-17 (58 days ago)
description: | updated |
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
summary: |
- broken zic set wront time via ntp + zic -l Foo/Bar leads to broken /etc/localtime |
description: | updated |
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → Confirmed |
tags: | removed: raring saucy |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.