[jaunty, dbus, upgrade] clock applet fails to set timezone if /etc/timezone doesn't exist

[Carey Underwood]

If /etc/timezone doesn't exist (it's not created on upgrade, for instance), adding a location and setting it to the default via the 'set' button silently fails. The applet's weather indicator (for instance) shows the correct weather until logging back in, at which point the location is reset (seemingly to nothing).

Running dpkg-reconfigure tz-data recreates the file, at which point the calendar applet immediately works properly, and can set the machine timezone.

[Zeppe (giuseppe-passino)]

Your solution solved my problem, thanks. This is definitely a bug I've been having for a long time, and upgrading to Hardy or Jaunty didn't solve it.

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage , so I have classified this bug as a bug in tzdata package.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

/etc/timezone is created on initial installation. How did you install this box? Did you remove /etc/timezone manually?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for tzdata (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]