[Bug 1212662] Re: broken zic set wront time via ntp

Harald Sitter sitter.harald at gmail.com
Thu Sep 26 13:15:47 UTC 2013


** Description changed:

  since 13.04, zic seems to be broken.
  Go to the Systemsettings set the correct time and turn on ntp. next, the timezone are correct but the time will always set tu UTC.
  
  in a bugreport on kde.org >
  https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317999#c11 a userhas found out that
  it could be zic's fault
+ 
+ --kubuntu-dev note--
+ a user did some fiddling to zic and came up with a fix/workaround
+ http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?62995-Wrong-time-zone-on-your-clock-Help-Kubuntu-devs-create-a-fix&p=330437&viewfull=1#post330437
+ 
+ this issue seems to be affecting all of debian and pretty much renders zic useless for purposes of setting the system timezone.
+ ----
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: libc-bin 2.17-91ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-5.17-lowlatency 3.10.2
  Uname: Linux 3.10.0-5-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Aug 15 13:14:33 2013
  Dependencies:
-  gcc-4.8-base 4.8.1-8ubuntu1
-  libc6 2.17-91ubuntu1
-  libcap2 1:2.22-1.2ubuntu2
-  libgcc1 1:4.8.1-8ubuntu1
-  multiarch-support 2.17-91ubuntu1
+  gcc-4.8-base 4.8.1-8ubuntu1
+  libc6 2.17-91ubuntu1
+  libcap2 1:2.22-1.2ubuntu2
+  libgcc1 1:4.8.1-8ubuntu1
+  multiarch-support 2.17-91ubuntu1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-06 (69 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: eglibc
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-17 (58 days ago)

** Changed in: eglibc (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Summary changed:

- broken zic set wront time via ntp
+ zic -l Foo/Bar leads to broken /etc/localtime

** Description changed:

  since 13.04, zic seems to be broken.
  Go to the Systemsettings set the correct time and turn on ntp. next, the timezone are correct but the time will always set tu UTC.
  
  in a bugreport on kde.org >
  https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317999#c11 a userhas found out that
  it could be zic's fault
  
  --kubuntu-dev note--
  a user did some fiddling to zic and came up with a fix/workaround
  http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?62995-Wrong-time-zone-on-your-clock-Help-Kubuntu-devs-create-a-fix&p=330437&viewfull=1#post330437
+ 
+ in particular the problem is that zic -l Foo/Bar will copy Foo/Bar which
+ on debian systems is a relative symlink, so /etc/localtime ends up being
+ broken since it doesn't point to an actual file anymore.
  
  this issue seems to be affecting all of debian and pretty much renders zic useless for purposes of setting the system timezone.
  ----
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: libc-bin 2.17-91ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-5.17-lowlatency 3.10.2
  Uname: Linux 3.10.0-5-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Aug 15 13:14:33 2013
  Dependencies:
   gcc-4.8-base 4.8.1-8ubuntu1
   libc6 2.17-91ubuntu1
   libcap2 1:2.22-1.2ubuntu2
   libgcc1 1:4.8.1-8ubuntu1
   multiarch-support 2.17-91ubuntu1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-06 (69 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: eglibc
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-17 (58 days ago)

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