GNU bug report logs - #29212
Setuid programs don't honor the system's timezone

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarbato <at> posteo.de>

Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 14:37:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

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From: Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarbato <at> posteo.de>
To: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Cc: 29212 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29212: XLockMore displays wrong time
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 07:29:52 +0100

Hello Ludo,

ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Since GuixSD provides /etc/localtime already, we can actually unset TZ.
> And when we do so, setuid binaries simply honor /etc/localtime and don’t
> go searching for timezone data elsewhere, and they see the right time.
>
> Can you confirm that:
>
>   (unset TZ; xlock)
>
> works for you?

Yes, it displays the correct time.

Thanks,

Diego
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