time zone files are not set up correctly

[Chris J Arges]

[Impact]
tzselect's TZDIR variable is set to pwd causing it to fail:

[Test Case]
$ tzselect
/usr/bin/tzselect: line 171: /home/ubuntu/iso3166.tab: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/tzselect: time zone files are not set up correctly

[Regression Potential]
This patch is taken from upstream to fix this issue.

[Workaround]
Change /usr/bin/tzselect from:
${TZDIR=`pwd`}
to
${TZDIR=/usr/share/zoneinfo}

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: libc-bin 2.19-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-17.37-generic 3.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 19 16:14:34 2014
Dependencies:
 gcc-4.9-base 4.9-20140303-0ubuntu3
 libc6 2.19-0ubuntu2
 libcap2 1:2.24-0ubuntu2
 libgcc1 1:4.9-20140303-0ubuntu3
 multiarch-support 2.19-0ubuntu2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-17 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140313)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: eglibc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

This patch combines a few upstream patches to get this working properly.

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Marked as 'Won't Fix' in Utopic since we use glibc there, which doesn't exhibit this bug.

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Uploaded fix for Trusty.

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

Hello Chris, or anyone else affected,

Accepted eglibc into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.19-0ubuntu6.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

Oh, this is already fixed in utopic with the git-updates pull from the stable branch.

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Verified 'tzselect' works with 2.19-0ubuntu6.2.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package eglibc - 2.19-0ubuntu6.3

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eglibc (2.19-0ubuntu6.3) trusty; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: heap overflow in __gconv_translit_find() (LP: #1362409)
    - debian/patches/any/cvs-CVE-2014-5119.diff: Backport upstream commit to
      completely remove support for loadable gconv transliteration modules.
 -- Adam Conrad <email address hidden> Wed, 27 Aug 2014 22:19:15 -0600