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Setuid programs don't honor the system's timezone

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarbato <at> posteo.de>
Subject: bug#29212: closed (Re: bug#29212: XLockMore displays wrong time)
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:07:01 +0000

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Your bug report

#29212: Setuid programs don't honor the system's timezone

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarbato <at> posteo.de>
Cc: 29212-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29212: XLockMore displays wrong time
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:06:26 +0100

Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarbato <at> posteo.de> skribis:

> 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.

Awesome, pushed as 5475749960d44163a4c6c4d1d1cb1be9872b861e.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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From: Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarbato <at> posteo.de>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: XLockMore displays wrong time
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:35:52 +0100

Hello Guix,

XLockMore (as invoked by the command `xlock') displays the wrong time on
the lock screen.  Instead of honouring the timezone set in `config.scm'
(as do other programs e.g. the `date' command) it displays UTC.

Greetings

Diego

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