bug#50830: closed ([core-updates-frozen] glibc looks for $sysconfdir/etc/localtime rather than /etc/localtime)

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and subject line Re: bug#50830: [core-updates-frozen] glibc looks for 
$sysconfdir/etc/localtime rather than /etc/localtime
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #50830,
regarding [core-updates-frozen] glibc looks for $sysconfdir/etc/localtime 
rather than /etc/localtime
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> [core-updates-frozen] glibc looks for $sysconfdir/etc/localtime rather than /etc/localtime
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> Sun, 26 Sep 2021 22:46:42 +0200
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> As podiki reported on IRC, with ‘core-updates-frozen’
> ca. 1fb75128a5202b406622da6272bc809c46d1f439, libc looks for
> /gnu/store/…-glibc-2.33/etc/localtime instead of /etc/localtime.
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> Consequently, commands such as ‘date’ display UTC time regardless of the
> configured timezone.
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> Fixing it will require a world rebuild that we could batch with Maxime’s
> changes at <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/50358>.
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> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
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> Hello,
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> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
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> > As podiki reported on IRC, with ‘core-updates-frozen’
> > ca. 1fb75128a5202b406622da6272bc809c46d1f439, libc looks for
> > /gnu/store/…-glibc-2.33/etc/localtime instead of /etc/localtime.
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> > Consequently, commands such as ‘date’ display UTC time regardless of the
> > configured timezone.
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> > Fixing it will require a world rebuild that we could batch with Maxime’s
> > changes at <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/50358>.
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> > Thanks,
> > Ludo’.
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> That's now in core-updates-frozen with commit
> 8c801194b548d1f2d6f47dfcdd5611ae72e29759.
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> Thanks!
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> Closing.
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> Maxim
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