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From: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH backup 1/2] fix #7175: api: time: use timedatectl
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Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com> writes:

> The Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 iso does not create /etc/timezone, so we
> use timedatectl as recommended at [1].
>
> As per timedatectl(1) set-timezone will alter the /etc/localtime
> symlink, and we return early on set_timezone() if the command succeeds.
>
> [1] https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/tzdata/-/blob/trixie/debian/README.Debian?ref_type=heads#L54
>
> Signed-off-by: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>
>
> [..]

I forgot to mention that this is a continuation of [1].

[1] https://lore.proxmox.com/all/20260125210151.1151-1-stefan@mayr-stefan.de/T/#u

-- 
Maximiliano