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Description of problem: In the `fedora-minimal:32` container image, the `tzdata` package seems to be installed but broken: ``` $ podman run -it registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal:32 bash bash-5.0# rpm -V tzdata missing /usr/share/zoneinfo missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa [..] ``` This will lead to application errors (PHP errors in my case) regarding the TZ database. A very similar issue was resolved for the `rhel8-beta` image in BZ#1668185. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal:32 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. `podman run -it registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal:32 bash` 2. `rpm -V tzdata` Actual results: ``` # rpm -V tzdata missing /usr/share/zoneinfo missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Abidjan missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Accra missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Addis_Ababa missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Algiers # ls -l /usr/share/zoneinfo ls: cannot access '/usr/share/zoneinfo': No such file or director ``` Expected results: `microdnf reinstall tzdata` will resolve the issue, `rpm -V` will then succeed: ``` # microdnf reinstall tzdata Downloading metadata... Downloading metadata... Downloading metadata... Downloading metadata... Downloading metadata... Package Repository Size Reinstalling: tzdata-2020a-1.fc32.noarch updates 440.1\xc2\xa0kB Transaction Summary: Installing: 0 packages Reinstalling: 1 packages Upgrading: 0 packages Removing: 0 packages Downgrading: 0 packages Downloading packages... Running transaction test... Reinstalling: tzdata;2020a-1.fc32;noarch;updates Complete. bash-5.0# rpm -V tzdata # ls -l /usr/share/zoneinfo/ total 420 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 20 19:29 Africa drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 20 19:29 America drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 20 19:29 Antarctica drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 20 19:29 Arctic drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 20 19:29 Asia [..] ``` Additional info: Workaround is to execute `microdnf reinstall tzdata`, see also Bug 1668185
Removing these files seems to be a deliberate decision: https://pagure.io/fedora-kickstarts/blob/master/f/fedora-container-base-minimal.ks#_39 ``` # if you want to change the timezone, bind-mount it from the host or reinstall tzdata rm -fv /etc/localtime mv /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime rm -rfv /usr/share/zoneinfo ``` Proposed fix would be to copy the "/usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC" file back to avoid applications not being able to fall back to UTC.
This needs more work to fix and test. See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1722233 Removing files without solving the technical packaging problem is always a bad design choice since it breaks validation.
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Still applies to the latest container image, setting version to 34: ~~~ $ podman run -it registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal:34 bash [..] bash-5.1# rpm -V tzdata missing /usr/share/zoneinfo missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Abidjan missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Accra missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Addis_Ababa missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Algiers missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Asmara [..] ~~~
(In reply to Simon Krenger from comment #4) > Still applies to the latest container image, setting version to 34: > > ~~~ > $ podman run -it registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal:34 bash > [..] > bash-5.1# rpm -V tzdata > missing /usr/share/zoneinfo > missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa > missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Abidjan > missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Accra > missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Addis_Ababa > missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Algiers > missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Asmara > [..] > ~~~ My team is still looking at how to fix this. Right now Patsy is engaging the python devs to see if the removal of the files can break some of their APIs in various modules. We want the removal of the files to trigger appropriate API error messages and not just crash or terminate the process.
Still applies to the latest container image, setting version to 35: ~~~ $ podman run -it registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal:35 bash bash-5.1# rpm -V tzdata missing /usr/share/zoneinfo missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Abidjan missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Accra missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Addis_Ababa missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Algiers missing /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Asmara [..] ~~~
We are still working on this issue for tzdata. It still applies to Fedora Rawhide. The fix will be in glibc and tzdata followed by coordinating with the image creation process to remove tzdata.