[debbugs-tracker] bug#29212: closed (Setuid programs don't honor the system's timezone)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #29212,
regarding Setuid programs don't honor the system's timezone
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> XLockMore displays wrong time
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> Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:35:52 +0100
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux)
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> Hello Guix,
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> 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.
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> Greetings
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> Diego
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> Re: bug#29212: XLockMore displays wrong time
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> Diego Nicola Barbato <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > Hello Ludo,
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> > address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
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> >> 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.
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> >> Can you confirm that:
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> >>   (unset TZ; xlock)
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> >> works for you?
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> > Yes, it displays the correct time.
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> Awesome, pushed as 5475749960d44163a4c6c4d1d1cb1be9872b861e.
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> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
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