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

[Iain Lane]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 02:35:46PM -0000, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 08:54:31AM -0000, Iain Lane wrote:
> 
> > I think you need to care for /etc/timezone and maybe also /etc/adjtime
> > too.
> 
> We absolutely do not need to do this for /etc/adjtime.  /etc/adjtime is not
> used in Ubuntu, and shouldn't even be on the filesystem.

Missed this.

It is on the filesystem, and from reading the code it looks as if
timedated will error out if it is present and can't be written to.

So as long as this is the case, we absolutely do.

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Iain Lane                                  [ iain at orangesquash.org.uk ]
Debian Developer                                   [ laney at debian.org ]
Ubuntu Developer                                   [ laney at ubuntu.com ]

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

Status in “android” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “livecd-rootfs” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “lxc-android-config” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “systemd” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
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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