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[Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There were specific reaons to convert it from a symlink to a real file
some releases ago (behaviour on upgrades, availability when /usr is not
yet mounted, etc.), so we won't change this back. This should instead be
fixed in Java?

** Package changed: tzdata (Ubuntu) => openjdk-6 (Ubuntu)

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java does not handle timezones correctly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463943
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Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Binary package hint: tzdata

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

Date d = new Date() <-- should be current local time, but is an hour off

TO FIX :

/etc/localtime should be a **symlink** to (for example) /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles
NOT a copy of the file

Thanks!