[Bug 1227520] Re: Timezone changes are not working due to ro /etc and bind mounts

[Sebastien Bacher]

(Ccing Steve and Stéphane to get their input.)

Do you have recommendations on what's the best way forward there, to get
things working for v1, and to get things properly working on a converged
world (without too much workarounds and hacks)?

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Title:
  Timezone changes are not working due to ro /etc and bind mounts

Status in “systemd” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-system-settings” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  There is no way to set up a different timezone than automatic in the
  System Settings

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubuntu-system-settings 0.1+13.10.20130910.3-0ubuntu1
  Uname: Linux 3.4.0-3-mako armv7l
  ApportVersion: 2.12.2-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: armhf
  Date: Thu Sep 19 08:41:07 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-18 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch) - armhf (20130918)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-system-settings
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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