I can't reproduce this locally. See below. Is there anything extra
special about this environment?
(bionic-amd64)root@nosferatu:~# debconf-show debconf
* debconf/frontend: Readline
debconf-apt-progress/title:
debconf-apt-progress/media-change:
debconf-apt-progress/info:
debconf-apt-progress/preparing:
* debconf/priority: high
(bionic-amd64)root@nosferatu:~# apt-get purge tzdata && rm /etc/timezone
[...]
Purging configuration files for tzdata (2019b-0ubuntu0.18.04) ...
(bionic-amd64)root@nosferatu:~# apt-get install tzdata
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
tzdata
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/190 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3106 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Configuring tzdata
--
Please select the geographic area in which you live. Subsequent configuration
questions will narrow
this down by presenting a list of cities, representing the time zones in which
they are located.
1. Africa 3. Antarctica 5. Arctic 7. Atlantic 9. Indian11. SystemV
13. Etc
2. America 4. Australia 6. Asia8. Europe10. Pacific 12. US
Geographic area:
[...]
(bionic-amd64)root@nosferatu:~# apt-get purge tzdata && rm /etc/timezone
[...]
Purging configuration files for tzdata (2019b-0ubuntu0.18.04) ...
(bionic-amd64)root@nosferatu:~# DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install
tzdata
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
tzdata
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/190 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3106 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package tzdata.
(Reading database ... 10885 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../tzdata_2019b-0ubuntu0.18.04_all.deb ...
Unpacking tzdata (2019b-0ubuntu0.18.04) ...
Setting up tzdata (2019b-0ubuntu0.18.04) ...
Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC'
Local time is now: Fri Sep 20 09:20:00 UTC 2019.
Universal Time is now: Fri Sep 20 09:20:00 UTC 2019.
Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it.
(bionic-amd64)root@nosferatu:~#
** Changed in: tzdata (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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