[Bug 2055718] Re: Regression after update: timezone changed unexpectedly

[Andreas Hasenack]

I did a quick test in a jammy VM, and didn't observe this change:

ubuntu at j:~$ date
Fri Mar  1 13:29:18 EST 2024

ubuntu at j:~$ dpkg -l tzdata
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version              Architecture Description
+++-==============-====================-============-=======================================
ii  tzdata         2023d-0ubuntu0.22.04 all          time zone and daylight-saving time data


(update in another terminal)


ubuntu at j:~$ date
Fri Mar  1 13:30:12 EST 2024

ubuntu at j:~$ dpkg -l tzdata
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version              Architecture Description
+++-==============-====================-============-=======================================
ii  tzdata         2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04 all          time zone and daylight-saving time data
ubuntu at j:~$ 


** Changed in: tzdata (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Regression after update: timezone changed unexpectedly

Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  A user reported this regression on
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/2052739:

  """
  Hello.
  After automatic upgrade of tzdata from 2023c-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 to 2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04
  the previously set EST time zone was automatically changed to "America/Adak" or "America/Indiana/Indianapolis" on all our servers (50+).
  Look like a bug in tzdata configure script.
  """

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