[Bug 2058249] [NEW] US symlinks missing in /usr/share/zoneinfo

[Bill Evans]

Public bug reported:

On 22.04 Jammy with tzdata version 2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04 installed, we
have `/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/*` symlinks. On 23.10 Mantic with tzdata
version 2024a-0ubuntu0.23.10, we do not. Is this an intentional removal?
I don't follow the IANA mailing lists, but I had thought/assumed that
"Country/Region" symlinks were being maintained for backward
compatibility.

Many tools I use reference multiple timezones (regardless of the system
TZ), so it is necessary to have them available. As a temporary
workaround, we can make the symlinks manually.

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

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Title:
  US symlinks missing in /usr/share/zoneinfo

Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On 22.04 Jammy with tzdata version 2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04 installed, we
  have `/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/*` symlinks. On 23.10 Mantic with tzdata
  version 2024a-0ubuntu0.23.10, we do not. Is this an intentional
  removal? I don't follow the IANA mailing lists, but I had
  thought/assumed that "Country/Region" symlinks were being maintained
  for backward compatibility.

  Many tools I use reference multiple timezones (regardless of the
  system TZ), so it is necessary to have them available. As a temporary
  workaround, we can make the symlinks manually.

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