Package: tzdata Version: 2016a-1 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer,
After tzdata 2016a-1, automated tzdata configuration with echo "Asia/Tokyo" > /etc/timezone dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive tzdata does not work. With tzdata 2015g-1, it works. root@a26eeeb7b8b7:~# date Sat Jan 30 15:28:54 UTC 2016 root@a26eeeb7b8b7:~# echo Asia/Tokyo > /etc/timezone root@a26eeeb7b8b7:~# dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive tzdata Current default time zone: 'Asia/Tokyo' Local time is now: Sun Jan 31 00:29:12 JST 2016. Universal Time is now: Sat Jan 30 15:29:12 UTC 2016. root@a26eeeb7b8b7:~# date Sun Jan 31 00:29:13 JST 2016 But with tzdata 2016a-1, it does not work well. root@fdc1139936e4:~# date Sat Jan 30 15:30:00 UTC 2016 root@fdc1139936e4:~# echo Asia/Tokyo > /etc/timezone root@fdc1139936e4:~# dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive tzdata Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC' Local time is now: Sat Jan 30 15:30:21 UTC 2016. Universal Time is now: Sat Jan 30 15:30:21 UTC 2016. root@fdc1139936e4:~# date Sat Jan 30 15:30:23 UTC 2016 I have found a workaround, deleting /etc/localtime before running dpkg-reconfigure solves this problem. root@fdc1139936e4:~# date Sat Jan 30 15:30:50 UTC 2016 root@fdc1139936e4:~# echo Asia/Tokyo > /etc/timezone root@fdc1139936e4:~# rm /etc/localtime root@fdc1139936e4:~# dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive tzdata Current default time zone: 'Asia/Tokyo' Local time is now: Sun Jan 31 00:31:15 JST 2016. Universal Time is now: Sat Jan 30 15:31:15 UTC 2016. root@fdc1139936e4:~# date Sun Jan 31 00:31:18 JST 2016 Is this bug of tzdata config script? Or expected behavior? -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=ja_JP.utf8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages tzdata depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.58 tzdata recommends no packages. tzdata suggests no packages. -- debconf information: tzdata/Zones/SystemV: tzdata/Zones/Antarctica: tzdata/Zones/Pacific: tzdata/Zones/Atlantic: * tzdata/Zones/Asia: Tokyo * tzdata/Zones/Etc: UTC tzdata/Zones/US: tzdata/Zones/Europe: tzdata/Zones/Australia: tzdata/Zones/Africa: * tzdata/Areas: Asia tzdata/Zones/Arctic:
