[Bug 1773687] [NEW] [bionic] no unattended installation

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

Public bug reported:

Package: tzdata
Version: 2018d-1
Ubuntu release: 18.04

There appears to be a regression with the preseeding data for tzdata in the 18.04 release.
When running 

   apt-get install tzdata

I now _always_ drop into an interactive selection of the timezone 'area'
and 'zone'. This was not the case before; it is also not the case in
Debian 'unstable' right now.

I looked into the postinst script, but I can't figure out where the
preseeded info would be. I tried debconf-set-selections with a preseed
file, but no luck.

This blocks usage of tzdata in Docker containers and is there for a bit
annoying.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: tzdata 2017c-0ubuntu0.17.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-41.46-generic 4.13.16
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-41-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun May 27 13:17:42 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-31 (147 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171017.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: tzdata
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: tzdata (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful

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Title:
  [bionic] no unattended installation

Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Package: tzdata
  Version: 2018d-1
  Ubuntu release: 18.04

  There appears to be a regression with the preseeding data for tzdata in the 18.04 release.
  When running 

     apt-get install tzdata

  I now _always_ drop into an interactive selection of the timezone
  'area' and 'zone'. This was not the case before; it is also not the
  case in Debian 'unstable' right now.

  I looked into the postinst script, but I can't figure out where the
  preseeded info would be. I tried debconf-set-selections with a preseed
  file, but no luck.

  This blocks usage of tzdata in Docker containers and is there for a
  bit annoying.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: tzdata 2017c-0ubuntu0.17.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-41.46-generic 4.13.16
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-41-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sun May 27 13:17:42 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-31 (147 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171017.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=screen-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: tzdata
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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