Hi, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.courno...@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi, > > Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.courno...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> I've recently found out that icecat wouldn't display time correctly for >> my local time zone anymore (even when the 'resistFingerprinting' in >> about:config is disabled, which would have usually resolved the >> problem). >> >> To test, I simply visit the https://everytimezone.com/, which shows your >> current time. >> >> This version from early September 2022 works: >> >> /gnu/store/bzpyas70s9j95dqad00vafks5icg51dm-icecat-91.13.0-guix0-preview1/bin/icecat >> >> >> While this one from the end of September 2022 doesn't >> >> /gnu/store/bzpyas70s9j95dqad00vafks5icg51dm-icecat-91.13.0-guix0-preview1/bin/icecat >> > > The above problematic file name should have been that of icecat 102.3.0: > > /gnu/store/4gph2kbnmy64ii0fs9msig2jzjsnxdxi-icecat-102.3.0-guix0-preview1 Looking through IRC logs, Tobias had shared the following insight about the problem: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- 2022-11-14 16:15:25 nckx podiki[m], apteryx: IceCat assumes that /etc/localtime is a symlink to <zoneinfo>/share/zoneinfo/Your/TZ, and bugs out if it isn't. Some GNOME software is similarly broken. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- -- Thanks, Maxim
