[Bug 1227520] Re: Timezone changes are not working due to ro /etc and bind mounts

[Stéphane Graber]

On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 04:14:41PM -0000, Iain Lane wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 03:50:58PM -0000, Martin Pitt wrote:
> > Changing timedated is blocked until we actually get writable directories
> > in /etc/, setting to incomplete until that lands.
> 
> It works now; try adding it to /etc/system-image/writable-paths (not
> sure if you have to make the directory first).

The path needs to exist in the rootfs, otherwise we can't bind-mount
stuff onto it. So you need to have livecd-rootfs or some touch package
create the directory, move the files from /etc to that directory and
replace them with symlinks.

I don't believe any of those are conffiles or even shipped within
packages (they're generated at postinst), so there shouldn't be any need
for dpkg-divert or similar magic to keep stuff consistent.

-- 
Stéphane Graber
Ubuntu developer
http://www.ubuntu.com

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Title:
  Timezone changes are not working due to ro /etc and bind mounts

Status in “systemd” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “ubuntu-system-settings” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  There is no way to set up a different timezone than automatic in the
  System Settings

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubuntu-system-settings 0.1+13.10.20130910.3-0ubuntu1
  Uname: Linux 3.4.0-3-mako armv7l
  ApportVersion: 2.12.2-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: armhf
  Date: Thu Sep 19 08:41:07 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-18 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch) - armhf (20130918)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-system-settings
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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