[Bug 1683592] [NEW] tzdata doesn't set a reasonable default via debconf

[Steve Langasek]

Public bug reported:

In cases where we don't prompt the user for a timezone value, the tzdata
package should have a default value - Etc/UTC, which debootstrap
currently populates for us but should really be handled in the package.

This matters more now that we are demoting tzdata from the minimal set
and users might have occasion to non-interactively install it on an
existing system.

** Affects: tzdata (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  tzdata doesn't set a reasonable default via debconf

Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In cases where we don't prompt the user for a timezone value, the
  tzdata package should have a default value - Etc/UTC, which
  debootstrap currently populates for us but should really be handled in
  the package.

  This matters more now that we are demoting tzdata from the minimal set
  and users might have occasion to non-interactively install it on an
  existing system.

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