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Bug 1604030 - /usr/share/zoneinfo/tzdata.zi says "version unknown"
Summary: /usr/share/zoneinfo/tzdata.zi says "version unknown"
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: tzdata
Version: 28
Hardware: All
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Patsy Griffin
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-07-19 20:03 UTC by Paul Eggert
Modified: 2018-11-21 03:11 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: tzdata-2018g-1.fc29 tzdata-2018g-1.fc28
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Last Closed: 2018-11-14 03:12:39 UTC
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Description Paul Eggert 2018-07-19 20:03:59 UTC 
Description of problem:

The first line of /usr/share/zoneinfo/tzdata.zi says "# version unknown". It should instead say "# version 2018e". Assuming the upstream proposed patch discussed <https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2018-July/026657.html> is released in 2018f and assuming Fedora sticks with rearguard data format for now, the first line should say "# version 2018f,rearguard".

This bug is not much of a problem now, since the version information is not widely used. However, draft C++20 will will require the version information, at least one prototype C++ library is using tzdata.zi now, and Fedora should be getting ready for C++20 sooner rather than later. See the thread containing <https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2018-July/026656.html>.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

tzdata-2018e-1.fc28.noarch

How reproducible:

Look at the first line of /usr/share/zoneinfo/tzdata.zi.

Steps to Reproduce:

head -n 1 /usr/share/zoneinfo/tzdata.zi

Actual results:

unknown

Expected results:

2018e [for current tzdb version]
2018f,rearguard [for next tzdb version, given abovementioned assumptions]

Additional info:
Comment 1 Paul Eggert 2018-07-19 20:06:28 UTC 
I should have mentioned that this problem with RHEL and Fedora was first reported by John Haxby here on the tz mailing list, here:

https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2018-July/026653.html
Comment 2 Patsy Griffin 2018-07-23 21:43:00 UTC 
Thanks for reporting this!  I'll fix this as part of our next update.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2018-11-12 22:21:20 UTC 
tzdata-2018g-1.fc29 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 29. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-529994a55a
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2018-11-12 23:04:12 UTC 
tzdata-2018g-1.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-7d685d4be7
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2018-11-13 00:14:25 UTC 
tzdata-2018g-1.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-01a5c99929
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2018-11-13 04:08:06 UTC 
tzdata-2018g-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-7d685d4be7
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2018-11-13 04:50:13 UTC 
tzdata-2018g-1.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-529994a55a
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2018-11-14 03:12:39 UTC 
tzdata-2018g-1.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2018-11-14 04:57:22 UTC 
tzdata-2018g-1.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-01a5c99929
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2018-11-21 03:11:42 UTC 
tzdata-2018g-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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