From: Stefan Mayr <stefan@mayr-stefan.de>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [PATCH common v3 1/2] Fix #7175: replace timezone handling with systemd timedatectl
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260222110205.582-2-stefan@mayr-stefan.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260220124809.076116bb@rosa.proxmox.com>
Usage of /etc/timezone is deprecated. The tzdata maintainers recommend
switching to timedatectl.
This adds timezone handling to the Systemd module and marks the
functions in the INotify module as deprecated.
Suggested-by: Fabian Grünbichler <f.gruenbichler@proxmox.com>
Suggested-by: Maximiliano Sandroval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>
Tested-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov@proxmox.com>
Reviewed-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov@proxmox.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Mayr <stefan@mayr-stefan.de>
---
src/PVE/INotify.pm | 2 ++
src/PVE/Systemd.pm | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/PVE/INotify.pm b/src/PVE/INotify.pm
index 62b3ca8..fdec8f1 100644
--- a/src/PVE/INotify.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/INotify.pm
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ register_file(
\&update_etc_resolv_conf,
);
+# Deprecated: use PVE::Systemd::get_timezone() instead
sub read_etc_timezone {
my ($filename, $fd) = @_;
@@ -661,6 +662,7 @@ sub read_etc_timezone {
return $timezone;
}
+# Deprecated: use PVE::Systemd::set_timezone($timezone) instead
sub write_etc_timezone {
my ($filename, $fh, $timezone) = @_;
diff --git a/src/PVE/Systemd.pm b/src/PVE/Systemd.pm
index 6ff0dc8..aabb774 100644
--- a/src/PVE/Systemd.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Systemd.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ use Net::DBus::Reactor;
use POSIX qw(EINTR);
use Socket qw(SOCK_DGRAM);
-use PVE::Tools qw(file_set_contents file_get_contents trim);
+use PVE::Exception qw(raise_param_exc);
+use PVE::Tools qw(file_set_contents file_get_contents run_command trim);
sub escape_unit {
my ($val, $is_path) = @_;
@@ -285,6 +286,38 @@ sub write_ini {
file_set_contents($filename, $content);
}
+# Use systemds timedatectl for managing timezone settings
+sub get_timezone {
+ my $timezone;
+
+ PVE::Tools::run_command(
+ ['timedatectl', 'show', '--property=Timezone', '--value'],
+ outfunc => sub { $timezone //= shift },
+ );
+
+ return $timezone;
+}
+
+sub set_timezone {
+ my ($timezone) = @_;
+
+ raise_param_exc({ 'timezone' => "No such timezone" })
+ if (!grep { $_ eq $timezone } list_timezones());
+
+ PVE::Tools::run_command(['timedatectl', 'set-timezone', $timezone]);
+}
+
+sub list_timezones {
+ my @timezones = ();
+
+ PVE::Tools::run_command(
+ ['timedatectl', 'list-timezones'],
+ outfunc => sub { push(@timezones, shift); },
+ );
+
+ return @timezones;
+}
+
=head3 notify()
This is a pure Perl reimplementation of systemd's C<sd_notify()> mechanism as defined in
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-22 11:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-25 21:01 [pve-devel] [PATCH common, container, manager and pmg-api v2 0/4] " Stefan Mayr
2026-01-25 21:01 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager v2 1/4] " Stefan Mayr
2026-01-25 21:01 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH container v2 2/4] " Stefan Mayr
2026-01-25 21:01 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH pmg-api v2 3/4] " Stefan Mayr
2026-01-25 21:01 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH common v2 4/4] " Stefan Mayr
2026-02-18 19:53 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH common, container, manager and pmg-api v2 0/4] " Stefan Mayr
2026-02-19 8:13 ` Fabian Grünbichler
2026-02-20 11:48 ` Stoiko Ivanov
2026-02-22 11:02 ` [PATCH common v3 0/2] " Stefan Mayr
2026-02-23 10:02 ` Stoiko Ivanov
2026-02-22 11:02 ` Stefan Mayr [this message]
2026-02-22 11:02 ` [PATCH common v3 2/2] " Stefan Mayr
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