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[Adolfo Jayme <fitoschido@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: eglibc (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Confirmed

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Title:
  zic -l Foo/Bar leads to broken /etc/localtime

Status in eglibc package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  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.
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  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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