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

[Iain Lane]

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 05:41:54PM -0000, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > Missed this.
> 
> > It is on the filesystem, and from reading the code it looks as if
> > timedated will error out if it is present and can't be written to.
> 
> > So as long as this is the case, we absolutely do.
> 
> No, absolutely *not*.  Do not pile more hacks on top of hacks.  It is a bug
> that /etc/adjtime is present, and it is a bug that timedated attempts to
> manipulate it in Ubuntu.

I said "as long as this is the case", which means that it's valid to
make it so that it is not the case. That's what you did, which is fine
(as long as upgrades are cleaned up too). Thanks for that.

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Iain Lane                                  [ iain at orangesquash.org.uk ]
Debian Developer                                   [ laney at debian.org ]
Ubuntu Developer                                   [ laney at ubuntu.com ]

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

Status in “android” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “livecd-rootfs” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “lxc-android-config” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “systemd” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “ubuntu-system-settings” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

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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