Package: libc6 Version: 2.1.2-12 Severity: important I had the following symlink:
$ ls -l /etc/localtime lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Jan 19 16:03 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Amsterdam A previous upgrade left me without a /etc/localtime for some reason, which is why I created the symlink. Now, when upgrading libc6 to 2.1.2-12 from -11, tzconfig was run: : Preparing to replace libc6 2.1.2-11 (using .../libc6_2.1.2-12_i386.deb) ... : Unpacking replacement libc6 ... : Setting up libc6 (2.1.2-12) ... : Running 'tzconfig' to set this system's timezone. : : Please enter the number of the geographic area in which you live: : : : 1) Africa 7) Australia : : 2) America 8) Europe : : 3) US time zones 9) Indian Ocean : : 4) Canada time zones 10) Pacific Ocean : : 5) Asia 11) Use System V style time zones : : 6) Atlantic Ocean 12) None of the above : : : : Then you will be shown a list of cities which represent the time zone : in which they are located. You should choose a city in your time zone. : : Number: 8 : : Amsterdam Andorra Athens Belfast Belgrade Berlin Bratislava Brussels : Bucharest Budapest Chisinau Copenhagen Dublin Gibraltar Helsinki Istanbul : Kaliningrad Kiev Lisbon Ljubljana London Luxembourg Madrid Malta Minsk : Monaco Moscow Oslo Paris Prague Riga Rome Samara San_Marino Sarajevo : Simferopol Skopje Sofia Stockholm Tallinn Tirane Tiraspol Uzhgorod Vaduz : Vatican Vienna Vilnius Warsaw Zagreb Zaporozhye Zurich : : Please enter the name of one of these cities or zones : You just need to type enough letters to resolve ambiguities : Press Enter to view all of them again : Name: [] Amsterdam : Your default time zone is set to 'Europe/Amsterdam'. : Local time is now: Mon Jan 31 10:14:46 CET 2000. : Universal Time is now: Mon Jan 31 09:14:46 UTC 2000. : Current default timezone: 'Factory'. : Local time is now: Mon Jan 31 09:14:46 Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page 2000. : Universal Time is now: Mon Jan 31 09:14:46 UTC 2000. : Run 'tzconfig' if you wish to change it. Note how first it's OK, the local time is reported correctly. Then it's set to "Factory" ?! Additionally, I don't see what "zic" has to do with _setting_ the timezone. This is seriously screwy, and must be fixed. Thanks, Paul Slootman -- System Information Debian Release: potato Kernel Version: Linux pcpaul 2.2.12 #1 Thu Aug 26 10:01:28 CEST 1999 i686 unknown Versions of the packages libc6 depends on: ii ldso 1.9.11-5 The Linux dynamic linker, library and utilit
