I found the bug which caused /etc/localtime to be changed from a symlink to a copy: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=346342
The problem which that bug addressed appears only when UTC=no and /usr is a separate partition, so in theory in many cases changing /etc/localtime back to a symlink should be fine. Unfortunately tzconfig overwites the link with a copy when run. I suspect it also does it when upgrading libc6. So, such a fix would be very dangerous - it will revert to the broken behavior silently after a random "apt-get upgrade". Frankly, I am a loss about how this can be fixed from Debian. It is pretty grave, though, because now most Java applications ran in the pacific USA cannot work correctly under Etch without manual tweaking (export TZ="US/Pacific"). I have submitted a bug report to Sun, but I still don't have a reference (number, URL, etc) from them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
