Control: tags -1 wontfix Control: close -1 On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:16:54 +0000 =?iso-8859- 1?Q?Thomas_Lorblanch=E8s?= <zlika_...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Package: systemd > X-Debbugs-Cc: zlika_...@hotmail.com > Version: 252.31-1~deb12u1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > "timedatectl set-timezone" does not update the /etc/timezone file since systemd 252.6-1 (cf. https://tracker.debian.org/news/1424576/accepted-systemd-2526-1-source-into-unstable/ ). However, this file still exists on a normal Debian 12 installation, and is used by some software. For example, openjdk still uses /etc/timezone if the file exists, and only uses /etc/localtime if the previous file does not exist (cf. https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/master/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/TimeZone_md.c ). > Setting the timezone with "timedatectl set-timezone" (or using the Ansible "timezone" command, which also uses timedatectl) leads to inconsistent values for /etc/timezone and /etc/localtime. As long as the /etc/timezone file exists it should be updated by timedatectl to avoid problems with other software (like openjdk) that may use this file if it exists.
Sorry, but as mentioned in the changelog, this is not supported anymore since Bookworm, please fix those installations to drop that file instead.
