Subj : Re: tzdata question
To   : Mike Powell
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Tue Apr 01 2025 10:47 pm

Hi Mike,

On 2025-04-01 15:16:50, you wrote to me:

>> On Ubuntu I've only once set /etc/localtime to symlink to
>> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam (in my case). As described in 'man
>> 5 localtime'. I've never touched or editted /etc/timezone. That might
>> be set automatically (on boot, but I don't really know), from where
>> /etc/localtime links to...  This is on multiple servers, that have been
>> running for years, and are kept to date regularly.

MP> Yes, I also did that and it was also working until the recent update I
MP> mentioned.  Now, I can symlink /etc/localtime to the correct timezone and it
MP> will only stay set until the next time tzdata is updated.  tzdata ignores what
MP> is in the /etc/localtime symlink and resets it to point to
MP> "America/Indiana/Indianapolis."

MP> So it is reading that information ("America/Indiana/Indianapolis") from
MP> somewhere that is not /etc/localtime and is also not /etc/timezone.  I would
MP> like to figure out where from so I can squash it.

Sorry, then I have no clue...


Bye, Wilfred.

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