Linux Mint Cinamon installation "tz" data is corrupt

[ineuw]

Cinnamon 4.8.6
Mint 20 and 20.1
Motherboard integrated Intel graphics, generic X display driver
64 bit

**Issue**

In the OS installation process, the "tz" time zone list of places is corrupt, outdated, and contains non-Canonical place names which were deprecated long ago. An example is the deprecated listing for "America/Montreal". This problem affects the installed software and messes up the time zone and the time setting. Also, the "tz" list is not searchable by typing the first character, a poor design for a list that has nearly over 300 entries.
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
DistroRelease: Linux Mint 20.1
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/linuxmint.seed boot=casper iso-scan/filename= quiet splash --
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-01-31 (10 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 20.1 "Ulyssa" - Release amd64 20210103
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-65.73-generic 5.4.78
Tags: ulyssa ubiquity-20.04.15+linuxmint13
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-65-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: This is not an official Linux package. Please remove any third party package and try again.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Please execute the following command only once, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

apport-collect 1915365

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

Please note: `ubuntu-bug`, `apport` & bug reporting tools are provided with Ubuntu by default, many require manual addition for some releases of downstream OSes based on Ubuntu (eg. Linux Mint). You should check with your distribution first.

[ineuw (ineuw)]

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[ineuw (ineuw)]

What does it mean? "UnreportableReason: This is not an official Linux package. Please remove any third party package and try again."

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for the apport-collect.

It's possible your package is not the Ubuntu package, but a modified Mint package, OR you ran `apport-collect` on a system that didn't have it installed (ie. Ubuntu installation media not present or detected).. The string `ubiquity-20.04.15+linuxmint13` isn't a valid package version for Ubuntu, not matching any results of a command line search which show 14 expected strings for supported releases 2.10.16 -> 21.04.9)

Either way, this is likely to not get much attention in Ubuntu, given the package is expected to be used only for one more release (hirsute, plus some older re-spins) as work progresses on its replacement; https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/refreshing-the-ubuntu-desktop-installer/20659

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Closed as non-Ubuntu media & packages are involved.