Public bug reported:
systemd-timedated complain about /etc/localtime not being a symbolic
link. From syslog:
systemd-timedated[1074]: /etc/localtime should be a symbolic link to
a timezone data file in /usr/share/zoneinfo/.
As Ubuntu (and Debian) uses a copy of /usr/share/zoneinfo/... instead of
symlink, ref.:
https://wiki.debian.org/TimeZoneChanges
“[…] In Debian releases Etch and later, /etc/localtime is a copy of the
original data file. […]”
And also what is done per configuration by dpkg-reconfigure tzdata, the
message is unnecessary at best.
The man page is also adding to the confusion by, ref:
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/utopic/en/man5/localtime.5.html
“Because the timezone identifier is extracted from the symlink target
name of /etc/localtime, this file may not be a normal file or hardlink.”
Source:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd
Ubuntu release:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.10
Release: 14.10
Package version:
systemd:
Installed: 208-8ubuntu8.1
** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1409594
Title:
Useless systemd-timedated /etc/localtime symlink complain in syslog
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
systemd-timedated complain about /etc/localtime not being a symbolic
link. From syslog:
systemd-timedated[1074]: /etc/localtime should be a symbolic link
to a timezone data file in /usr/share/zoneinfo/.
As Ubuntu (and Debian) uses a copy of /usr/share/zoneinfo/... instead
of symlink, ref.:
https://wiki.debian.org/TimeZoneChanges
“[…] In Debian releases Etch and later, /etc/localtime is a copy of
the original data file. […]”
And also what is done per configuration by dpkg-reconfigure tzdata,
the message is unnecessary at best.
The man page is also adding to the confusion by, ref:
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/utopic/en/man5/localtime.5.html
“Because the timezone identifier is extracted from the symlink target
name of /etc/localtime, this file may not be a normal file or hardlink.”
Source:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd
Ubuntu release:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.10
Release: 14.10
Package version:
systemd:
Installed: 208-8ubuntu8.1
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