01/01: system: Write the timezone to /etc/timezone.

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samplet pushed a commit to branch core-updates
in repository guix.

commit 2a80d9e55299214a3f0b4f585767b4c81c9d5c7d
Author: Timothy Sample <address@hidden>
Date:   Tue Jul 16 10:04:58 2019 -0400

    system: Write the timezone to /etc/timezone.
    
    * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-etc-service): Write the operating
    system timezone to /etc/timezone.
    
    Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/35746>.
---
 gnu/system.scm | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 01be124..485896b 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -716,6 +716,10 @@ fi\n")))
        ;; to certain networks.  Some discussion at
        ;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2017-09/msg00037.html
        ("hostname" ,(plain-file "hostname" (operating-system-host-name os)))
+       ;; Some programs (e.g., GLib) look at /etc/timezone to find the
+       ;; name of the current timezone.  For details, see
+       ;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-07/msg00166.html
+       ("timezone" ,(plain-file "timezone" (operating-system-timezone os)))
        ("localtime" ,(file-append tzdata "/share/zoneinfo/"
                                   (operating-system-timezone os)))
        ("sudoers" ,(operating-system-sudoers-file os))))))