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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1409594/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp