snapd

Find a better handling of /etc/localtime symlink on Ubuntu Core

Bug #1953172 reported by Valentin David
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
snapd
In Progress
Undecided
Valentin David

Bug Description

Ubuntu Core uses a symlink for `/etc/localtime` to `/etc/writable/localtime`. But systemd's timesyncd does not like that. For Ubuntu Core it has been patched, but fix is fragile. Since having a read-only `/etc` is not uncommon in embedded, there should be value in finding a proper solution which could be accepted upstream so we do not need to maintain patches for it.

Valentin David (valentin.david)
Changed in snappy:
assignee: nobody → Valentin David (valentin.david)
david (renedavid)
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
no longer affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
no longer affects: firefox-launchpad-plugin (Ubuntu)
Revision history for this message
Valentin David (valentin.david) wrote :

I have made a patch for main branch of systemd. See last commit of this branch: https://github.com/valentindavid/systemd/tree/valentindavid/writable-etc-symlinks

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Valentin David (valentin.david) wrote :

Package for Jammy https://github.com/valentindavid/systemd/tree/valentindavid/writable-etc-symlinks-ubuntu-jammy

Valentin David (valentin.david)
Changed in snappy:
status: New → In Progress
Michael Vogt (mvo)
affects: snappy → snapd
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