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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-11-09 09:58:33 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-11-09 09:59:21 +0100
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system: Do not set 'TZ'.
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/29212>. Reported by Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarbato@posteo.de>. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-environment-variables): Remove "TZ".
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 5f562b48bb..ce2c05f4e1 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -727,7 +727,8 @@ use 'plain-file' instead~%")
"Return the environment variables of OS for
@var{session-environment-service-type}, to be used in @file{/etc/environment}."
`(("LANG" . ,(operating-system-locale os))
- ("TZ" . ,(operating-system-timezone os))
+ ;; Note: No need to set 'TZ' since (1) we provide /etc/localtime, and (2)
+ ;; it doesn't work for setuid binaries. See <https://bugs.gnu.org/29212>.
("TZDIR" . ,(file-append tzdata "/share/zoneinfo"))
;; Tell 'modprobe' & co. where to look for modules.
("LINUX_MODULE_DIRECTORY" . "/run/booted-system/kernel/lib/modules")