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@@ -724,6 +724,10 @@ fi\n")))
;; to certain networks. Some discussion at
;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2017-09/msg00037.html
("hostname" ,(plain-file "hostname" (operating-system-host-name os)))
+ ;; Some programs (e.g., GLib) look at /etc/timezone to find the
+ ;; name of the current timezone. For details, see
+ ;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-07/msg00166.html
+ ("timezone" ,(plain-file "timezone" (operating-system-timezone os)))
("localtime" ,(file-append tzdata "/share/zoneinfo/"
(operating-system-timezone os)))
("sudoers" ,(operating-system-sudoers-file os))))))