Bug#1028190: tzdata: Possible bug in postinst

Package: tzdata Version: 2022g-1 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: ni...@thykier.net In the postinst, there is the following snippet: > #! /bin/sh > set -e > [...] # Update the time zone echo $AREA/$ZONE > "$DPKG_ROOT/etc/timezone" ln -nsf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$AREA/$ZONE "$

Bug#1028200: glibc: FTBFS on alpha due to buggy GL(dl_phdr) and GL(dl_phnum) [BZ #29864]

Source: glibc Version: 2.36-8 Severity: normal Tags: patch upstream User: debian-al...@lists.debian.org Usertags: alpha X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-al...@lists.debian.org Hello! glibc fails to build from source on alpha with many testsuite failures [1] due to a regression introduced in glibc 2.34 [2].

Bug#688318: tzdata packages updates consistently cause /etc/timezone to be reset to an undesirable value

January 6, 2023 2:33 PM, "Benjamin Drung" wrote: > > It tend to prefer option one (for consistency), but I can see that users > might find option two easier for them. > > -- > Benjamin Drung > Debian & Ubuntu Developer It is certainly a confusing UX but I’ve long since given up fighting it and