Note that I'm not saying that this isn't a bug (it is, and should be fixed), but /etc/localtime can be easily replaced by running /usr/sbin/tzconfig, if you're looking to get it back. :)
I had this happen to me when I purged some obsolete timezone package or other that had been removed long ago because it was in conflict with libc6... When I purged it, of course it took /etc/localtime with it (as it should, because it used to be in that package), but of course, it didn't re-run tzconfig on it's way out, because it's an old package, and had no clue that that would be a Good Thing... To the maintainer of libc6: Maybe a fake timezone package to replace the old one that has a postrm of "/usr/sbin/tzconfig" would be a good thing, to avoid this when people choose to purge their old timezone package, or something similar?.. -Adam Conrad -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 3:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bug#61163: libc6: /etc/localtime missing after upgrade Package: libc6 Version: 2.1.3-7 Severity: normal This morning I noticed that /etc/localtime had gone -- so the clock did not show summertime. Instead, date showed "Mon Mar 27 10:37:48 /etc/localtime 2000". I am pretty sure I did have a /etc/localtime, and I did not remove it myself -- so my guess is that it disappeared on one of the latest upgrades (potato -> potato). Unfortunately, this is not something very repeatable: at least running /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.postinst configure did not remove /etc/localtime . Jeroen Nijhof -- System Information Debian Release: 2.2 Kernel Version: Linux tux 2.2.13 #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 13:02:34 GMT 2000 i686 unknown Versions of the packages libc6 depends on: ii ldso 1.9.11-5 The Linux dynamic linker, library and utilit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
