package tzdata 2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10

[Mike Dougherty]

Received the following error while upgrading...

dpkg: error processing package cloud-init (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tzdata
 ubuntu-minimal
 chrony
 python3-tz
 python3-babel
 python3-jinja2
 cloud-init

Upgrade complete

The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade
process.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: tzdata 2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-1070.78~20.04.1-gcp 5.15.163
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-1070-gcp x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.6
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CloudArchitecture: x86_64
CloudID: gce
CloudName: gce
CloudPlatform: gce
CloudRegion: us-east1
CloudSubPlatform: metadata (http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/)
Date: Fri Oct 18 18:03:01 2024
DuplicateSignature:
 package:tzdata:2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
 Setting up tzdata (2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package tzdata (--configure):
  installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
ErrorMessage: installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.12, python3-minimal, 3.10.6-1~22.04.1
PythonDetails: N/A
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2.3
 apt 2.4.13
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2024-10-18 (0 days ago)

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. What is the output of following command:

```
ls -l /etc/localtime
```

[Mike Dougherty (mikedougherty)]

```
~> ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Oct 11 08:04 /etc/localtime ->
/usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT
```

On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 7:05 PM Benjamin Drung <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. What is the output of following command:
>
> ```
> ls -l /etc/localtime
> ```
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2084947
>
> Title:
> package tzdata 2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 failed to install/upgrade:
> installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned
> error exit status 10
>
> Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Received the following error while upgrading...
>
> dpkg: error processing package cloud-init (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> tzdata
> ubuntu-minimal
> chrony
> python3-tz
> python3-babel
> python3-jinja2
> cloud-init
>
> Upgrade complete
>
> The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade
> process.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
> Package: tzdata 2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-1070.78~20.04.1-gcp 5.15.163
> Uname: Linux 5.15.0-1070-gcp x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.6
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
> CloudArchitecture: x86_64
> CloudID: gce
> CloudName: gce
> CloudPlatform: gce
> CloudRegion: us-east1
> CloudSubPlatform: metadata (
> http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/)
> Date: Fri Oct 18 18:03:01 2024
> DuplicateSignature:
> package:tzdata:2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
> Setting up tzdata (2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) ...
> dpkg: error processing package tzdata (--configure):
> installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned
> error exit status 10
> ErrorMessage: installed tzdata package post-installation script
> subprocess returned error exit status 10
> PackageArchitecture: all
> Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.12, python3-minimal,
> 3.10.6-1~22.04.1
> PythonDetails: N/A
> RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2.3
> apt 2.4.13
> SourcePackage: tzdata
> Title: package tzdata 2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 failed to install/upgrade:
> installed tzdata package post-installation script subprocess returned error
> exit status 10
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2024-10-18 (0 days ago)
>
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