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* [pve-devel] [PATCH manager/common 0/1] Fix #7175: switch API to timedatectl
@ 2025-12-25  8:05 Stefan Mayr
  2025-12-25  8:05 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH common 1/1] Fix #7175: remove deprecated timezone file Stefan Mayr
  2025-12-25  8:05 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 1/1] Fix #7175: use timedatectl for timezone handling Stefan Mayr
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Mayr @ 2025-12-25  8:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pve-devel

Using /etc/timezone is deprecated by the Debian tzdata package. The
Proxmox installer does not use it anymore. This switches the API to use
timedatectl as recommended by the tzdata maintainers.

pve-manager:

Stefan Mayr (1):
  Fix #7175: use timedatectl for timezone handling

 PVE/API2/Nodes.pm | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

pve-common:

Stefan Mayr (1):
  Fix #7175: remove deprecated timezone file

 src/PVE/INotify.pm | 29 -----------------------------
 1 file changed, 29 deletions(-)

-- 
2.34.1


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* [pve-devel] [PATCH common 1/1] Fix #7175: remove deprecated timezone file
  2025-12-25  8:05 [pve-devel] [PATCH manager/common 0/1] Fix #7175: switch API to timedatectl Stefan Mayr
@ 2025-12-25  8:05 ` Stefan Mayr
  2025-12-25  8:05 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 1/1] Fix #7175: use timedatectl for timezone handling Stefan Mayr
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Mayr @ 2025-12-25  8:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pve-devel

Suggested-by: Fabian Grünbichler <f.gruenbichler@proxmox.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Mayr <stefan@mayr-stefan.de>
---
 src/PVE/INotify.pm | 29 -----------------------------
 1 file changed, 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/PVE/INotify.pm b/src/PVE/INotify.pm
index 62b3ca8..03c871c 100644
--- a/src/PVE/INotify.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/INotify.pm
@@ -651,35 +651,6 @@ register_file(
     \&update_etc_resolv_conf,
 );
 
-sub read_etc_timezone {
-    my ($filename, $fd) = @_;
-
-    my $timezone = <$fd>;
-
-    chomp $timezone;
-
-    return $timezone;
-}
-
-sub write_etc_timezone {
-    my ($filename, $fh, $timezone) = @_;
-
-    my $tzinfo = "/usr/share/zoneinfo/$timezone";
-
-    raise_param_exc({ 'timezone' => "No such timezone" })
-        if (!-f $tzinfo);
-
-    ($timezone) = $timezone =~ m/^(.*)$/; # untaint
-
-    print $fh "$timezone\n";
-
-    unlink("/etc/localtime");
-    symlink("/usr/share/zoneinfo/$timezone", "/etc/localtime");
-
-}
-
-register_file('timezone', "/etc/timezone", \&read_etc_timezone, \&write_etc_timezone);
-
 sub read_active_workers {
     my ($filename, $fh) = @_;
 
-- 
2.34.1


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* [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 1/1] Fix #7175: use timedatectl for timezone handling
  2025-12-25  8:05 [pve-devel] [PATCH manager/common 0/1] Fix #7175: switch API to timedatectl Stefan Mayr
  2025-12-25  8:05 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH common 1/1] Fix #7175: remove deprecated timezone file Stefan Mayr
@ 2025-12-25  8:05 ` Stefan Mayr
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Mayr @ 2025-12-25  8:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pve-devel

Suggested-by: Fabian Grünbichler <f.gruenbichler@proxmox.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Mayr <stefan@mayr-stefan.de>
---
 PVE/API2/Nodes.pm | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm b/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm
index 6a6465b6..54ed712e 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm
@@ -1582,10 +1582,15 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
     code => sub {
         my ($param) = @_;
 
+        my $timezone;
         my $ctime = time();
         my $ltime = timegm_nocheck(localtime($ctime));
+        PVE::Tools::run_command(
+            ['timedatectl', 'show', '--property=Timezone', '--value'],
+            outfunc => sub { $timezone //= shift },
+        );
         my $res = {
-            timezone => PVE::INotify::read_file('timezone'),
+            timezone => $timezone,
             time => $ctime,
             localtime => $ltime,
         };
@@ -1619,7 +1624,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
     code => sub {
         my ($param) = @_;
 
-        PVE::INotify::write_file('timezone', $param->{timezone});
+        PVE::Tools::run_command(['timedatectl', 'set-timezone', $param->{timezone}]);
 
         return;
     },
-- 
2.34.1


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