Bug#813226: tzdata config script ignores /etc/timezone on non-interactive configuration

2018-05-21 Thread Raymond Rakesh Chetty
Copy paste error: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20693661 Don't forget the 1 at the end or you get sent to the wrong place =). Somewhat related... maybe I have a misunderstanding of debconf... can you reconfigure packages that belong to 'd-i'? There are a lot of preseed questions belonging to 'd-i'

Bug#813226: tzdata config script ignores /etc/timezone on non-interactive configuration

2018-05-20 Thread Raymond Rakesh Chetty
Why isn't debconf the single source of truth for tzdata configuration? If you used debconf then people wouldn't rely on implementation details to correctly configure their systems. Abstract configuration from implementation (i.e. separate timezone from is the file a link?, where is it located?,

Bug#813226: tzdata config script ignores /etc/timezone on non-interactive configuration

2017-02-24 Thread Tomáš Ebenlendr
On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 10:01:34 +0100 Aurelien Jarno wrote: > On 2016-02-02 00:23, YAMADA Tsuyoshi wrote: > > 2016-02-01 16:43 GMT+09:00 Aurelien Jarno : > > > I don't think it is a bug. The correct way to configure the > > > timezone has always been to

Bug#813226: tzdata config script ignores /etc/timezone on non-interactive configuration

2017-02-24 Thread Tomas Ebenlendr
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 08:43:32 +0100 Aurelien Jarno wrote: > ... > I don't think it is a bug. The correct way to configure the timezone has > always been to change /etc/localtime symlink, ie in your case by doing > "ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tokyo /etc/localtime". This

Bug#813226: tzdata config script ignores /etc/timezone on non-interactive configuration

2016-02-12 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On 2016-02-02 00:23, YAMADA Tsuyoshi wrote: > 2016-02-01 16:43 GMT+09:00 Aurelien Jarno : > > I don't think it is a bug. The correct way to configure the timezone has > > always been to change /etc/localtime symlink, ie in your case by doing > > "ln -sf

Bug#813226: tzdata config script ignores /etc/timezone on non-interactive configuration

2016-02-01 Thread YAMADA Tsuyoshi
2016-02-01 16:43 GMT+09:00 Aurelien Jarno : > I don't think it is a bug. The correct way to configure the timezone has > always been to change /etc/localtime symlink, ie in your case by doing > "ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tokyo /etc/localtime". This is what > desktop

Bug#813226: tzdata config script ignores /etc/timezone on non-interactive configuration

2016-01-31 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On 2016-01-31 00:36, YAMADA Tsuyoshi wrote: > Package: tzdata > Version: 2016a-1 > Severity: minor > > Dear Maintainer, > > After tzdata 2016a-1, automated tzdata configuration with > > echo "Asia/Tokyo" > /etc/timezone > dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive tzdata > > does not work. > >

Bug#813226: tzdata config script ignores /etc/timezone on non-interactive configuration

2016-01-30 Thread YAMADA Tsuyoshi
Package: tzdata Version: 2016a-1 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer, After tzdata 2016a-1, automated tzdata configuration with echo "Asia/Tokyo" > /etc/timezone dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive tzdata does not work. With tzdata 2015g-1, it works. root@a26eeeb7b8b7:~# date Sat Jan 30