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On Wed, Feb 19, 2020, 5:22 AM Launchpad Bug Tracker <
1858...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> This bug was fixed in the package gnome-calendar - 3.34.2-1ubuntu1
>
> ---
> gnome-calendar (3.34.2-1ubuntu1) focal; urgency=medium
>
> * d/p/fall-back-to-UTC-when-timezone-is-unrecognized.patch:
> - Fix a crash where the "Etc/UTC" timezone from Live CD
> is not recongised by libical. (LP: #1858857)
>
> -- Matthew Ruffell Wed, 19 Feb 2020
> 13:09:39 +1300
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-calendar (Ubuntu Focal)
>Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
>
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>
> Title:
> gnome-calendar: Hits assert when timezone set to Etc/UTC
>
> Status in gnome-calendar package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in gnome-calendar source package in Focal:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> [Impact]
>
> When the system timezone is set to Etc/UTC, most notably in the 20.04
> Live CD environment, gnome-calendar fails to start, as it hits an
> assert.
>
>
> ERROR:../src/utils/gcal-date-time-utils.c:249:gcal_timezone_to_icaltimezone:
> assertion failed: (ical_tz != NULL)
> Bail out!
> ERROR:../src/utils/gcal-date-time-utils.c:249:gcal_timezone_to_icaltimezone:
> assertion failed: (ical_tz != NULL)
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
> This is reproducible in focal with: gnome-calendar 3.34.2-1build1
> This is NOT reproducible in eoan with: gnome-calendar 3.34.2-1
>
> More seriously, this bug is triggered when a user presses the Super
> key in the Live CD test environment and searches for an application,
> as dbus will attempt to start the gnome-calendar service, and gnome-
> calendar will crash due to this bug.
>
> [Test Case]
>
> Change system timezone to Etc/UTC and attempt to launch gnome-
> calendar:
>
> ubuntu@ubuntu:/var/log$ sudo timedatectl set-timezone Etc/UTC
> ubuntu@ubuntu:/var/log$ timedatectl
> Local time: Tue 2020-02-18 02:49:21 UTC
> Universal time: Tue 2020-02-18 02:49:21 UTC
>RTC time: Tue 2020-02-18 02:49:22
> Time zone: Etc/UTC (UTC, +)
> System clock synchronized: yes
> NTP service: active
> RTC in local TZ: no
> ubuntu@ubuntu:/var/log$ gnome-calendar
> **
>
> ERROR:../src/utils/gcal-date-time-utils.c:249:gcal_timezone_to_icaltimezone:
> assertion failed: (ical_tz != NULL)
> Bail out!
> ERROR:../src/utils/gcal-date-time-utils.c:249:gcal_timezone_to_icaltimezone:
> assertion failed: (ical_tz != NULL)
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
> [Regression Potential]
>
> The risk of regression is low due to the assert being removed and
> replaced with a default to UTC time if the previous timezone pointer
> is NULL. This is also only going to the focal development release,
> where any impact to real users will be low.
>
> [Other Information]
>
> There is an upstream issue open:
>
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/issues/485
>
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>
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