[pve-devel] [PATCH common 1/1] Fix #7175: remove deprecated timezone file

[Fabian Grünbichler]

On January 16, 2026 10:32 pm, Stefan Mayr wrote:
> Am 15.01.2026 um 11:26 schrieb Fabian Grünbichler:
>> On December 29, 2025 1:03 pm, Maximiliano Sandoval wrote:
>>> Stefan Mayr <stefan at mayr-stefan.de> writes:
>>>
>>> Thanks for submitting a patch.
>>>
>>> A comment below.
>>>
>>>> Suggested-by: Fabian Grünbichler <f.gruenbichler at proxmox.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Mayr <stefan at mayr-stefan.de>
>>>> ---
>>>>   src/PVE/INotify.pm | 29 -----------------------------
>>>>   1 file changed, 29 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/src/PVE/INotify.pm b/src/PVE/INotify.pm
>>>> index 62b3ca8..03c871c 100644
>>>> --- a/src/PVE/INotify.pm
>>>> +++ b/src/PVE/INotify.pm
>>>> @@ -651,35 +651,6 @@ register_file(
>>>>       \&update_etc_resolv_conf,
>>>>   );
>>>>   
>>>> -sub read_etc_timezone {
>>>> -    my ($filename, $fd) = @_;
>>>> -
>>>> -    my $timezone = <$fd>;
>>>> -
>>>> -    chomp $timezone;
>>>> -
>>>> -    return $timezone;
>>>> -}
>>>> -
>>>> -sub write_etc_timezone {
>>>> -    my ($filename, $fh, $timezone) = @_;
>>>> -
>>>> -    my $tzinfo = "/usr/share/zoneinfo/$timezone";
>>>> -
>>>> -    raise_param_exc({ 'timezone' => "No such timezone" })
>>>> -        if (!-f $tzinfo);
>>>> -
>>>> -    ($timezone) = $timezone =~ m/^(.*)$/; # untaint
>>>> -
>>>> -    print $fh "$timezone\n";
>>>> -
>>>> -    unlink("/etc/localtime");
>>>> -    symlink("/usr/share/zoneinfo/$timezone", "/etc/localtime");
>>>> -
>>>> -}
>>>> -
>>>> -register_file('timezone', "/etc/timezone", \&read_etc_timezone, \&write_etc_timezone);
>>>>
>>>
>>> At least pmg-api and pve-container use this. I would recommend to only
>>> add a comment here instead of removing the helper since this is a shared
>>> library. Alternatively, one could port all existing users to, e.g.
>>> timedatectl.
>> 
>> porting all callers and then dropping it would probably make the most
>> sense, or we could introduce new helpers in pve-common that are usable
>> for all existing callers..
> 
> That's why I've already sent multiple patches ...

Sorry, I missed those because they were not part of the same thread. If
you send a new version of these, could you send them together using a
cover letter? I'll try to remember in any case, but having them all in a
single thread ensures the rest is not missed..

> 
>>>
>>>> -
>>>>   sub read_active_workers {
>>>>       my ($filename, $fh) = @_;
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Maximiliano
>>>
>>>
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