#1038845 reprotest: transition from /etc/timezone to /etc/localtime

Package:
src:reprotest
Source:
src:reprotest
Submitter:
Date:
2026-01-10 11:02:35 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1038845#5
Date:
2023-06-21 22:17:02 UTC
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reprotest is currently referencing /etc/timezone without support for
/etc/localtime. /etc/timezone is a legacy interface that is Debian
specific. The cross-distro standard /etc/localtime (as a symlink to
the appropriate timezone file), so please switch your package to
/etc/localtime. tzsetup will stop creating /etc/timezone soon. Note
that the list of affected source packages was compiled with
codesearch, so false positives are possible. Thank you.
#1038845#10
Date:
2024-04-12 21:05:31 UTC
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Control: block 1038845 by 1001250

This is only in the code running in a qemu virtual machine, although
that is currently broken, so needs to be fixed somehow to remove
/etc/timezone.

live well,
  vagrant
#1038845#17
Date:
2024-11-23 17:12:23 UTC
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Dear Maintainers(s),

These bugs have been open since the release of Bookworm, and now the
development cycle for Trixie is approaching its end. Bumping the
severity of these bugs hence, as tzdata no longer creates the legacy
file.
#1038845#26
Date:
2024-12-22 20:21:26 UTC
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Control: severity 1038845 important

The code in question only does anything if /etc/timezone exists, so
downgrading the severity to important.

live well,
  vagrant
#1038845#33
Date:
2026-01-10 10:10:20 UTC
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