On Fri 09 Aug 2019 at 21:38:23 (+0000), Russell L. Harris wrote: > The netinst cd image for Buster 10.0.0 does not offer a UTC option for > English -> United States. > > This is a critical bug; every installer without exception should offer UTC. > > Is there a work-around, so that files written during the > installation process have the correct datestamp? > > One suggestion was to select English -> Great Britain, but this > possibly has other consequences regarding locale settings.
It's not clear to me why you couldn't select this, nor why your files would have the wrong timestamp. Here's some output from a buster installation on acer. As it was my first, I kept the typescript. Current output from acer itself: ✄✄✄✄✄✄✄✄ acer!david 22:24:52 ~ $ cat /etc/debian_version 10.0 acer!david 22:24:55 ~ $ locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE= LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8" LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8" LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL= acer!david 22:24:57 ~ $ ls -l /var/log/installer/ total 864 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 12 11:48 cdebconf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33297 Jul 12 11:48 hardware-summary -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 152 Jul 12 11:48 lsb-release -rw-r----- 1 root adm 250698 Jul 12 11:48 partman -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 76445 Jul 12 11:48 status -rw-r----- 1 root adm 507777 Jul 12 11:48 syslog acer!david 22:24:59 ~ $ TZ=UTC0 ls -l /var/log/installer/ total 864 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 12 16:48 cdebconf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33297 Jul 12 16:48 hardware-summary -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 152 Jul 12 16:48 lsb-release -rw-r----- 1 root adm 250698 Jul 12 16:48 partman -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 76445 Jul 12 16:48 status -rw-r----- 1 root adm 507777 Jul 12 16:48 syslog acer!david 22:25:00 ~ $ ✄✄✄✄✄✄✄✄ And here are clock-y extracts from the typescript of installing buster onto acer last month (captured on wren via ssh). The box you want is the fourth (I select Central): ✄✄✄✄✄✄✄✄ Script started on Fri 12 Jul 2019 11:12:26 AM CDT (This is /home/david/.bashrc 2019 July 10) (This is /home/david/.bash-1-wren 2019 January 26 on stretch) (This is /home/david/.bash-u-usbs 2019 June 01) (This is /home/david/.bash-t-transfers 2019 June 17 enp1s0) (This is /home/david/.bash-w-web 2019 June 19) (This is /home/david/.bash-9-wren 2019 June 13 @1600x900) wren!david 11:15:26 ~ $ installer-on 192.168.1.201 The authenticity of host '192.168.1.201 (192.168.1.201)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:YFp6hlF+Et+KjrJFJZHVnf23G+HORSXMY9Hr3OaGubc. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added '192.168.1.201' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. installer@192.168.1.201's password: /var/run/utmp: No such file or directory ┌────────────────────────┤ [!!] Configuring d-i ├─────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ This is the network console for the Debian installer. From here, you │ │ may start the Debian installer, or execute an interactive shell. │ │ │ │ To return to this menu, you will need to log in again. │ │ │ │ Network console option: │ │ │ │ Start installer │ │ Start installer (expert mode) │ │ Start shell │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ […] ┌───────────────────┤ [?] Configure the clock ├────────────────────┐ │ │ │ The Network Time Protocol (NTP) can be used to set the system's │ │ clock. The installation process works best with a correctly set │ │ clock. │ │ │ │ Set the clock using NTP? │ │ │ │ <Yes> <No> │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────┤ [.] Configure the clock ├─────────────────────┐ │ │ │ The default NTP server is almost always a good choice, but if you │ │ prefer to use another NTP server, you can enter it here. │ │ │ │ NTP server to use: │ │ │ │ 0.debian.pool.ntp.org_____________________________________________ │ │ │ │ <Continue> │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────┤ [!] Configure the clock ├───────────────────────┐ │ │ │ If the desired time zone is not listed, then please go back to the │ │ step "Choose language" and select a country that uses the desired │ │ time zone (the country where you live or are located). │ │ │ │ Select your time zone: │ │ │ │ Eastern │ │ Central │ │ Mountain │ │ Pacific │ │ Alaska │ │ Hawaii │ │ Arizona │ │ East Indiana │ │ Samoa │ │ Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) │ │ │ │ <Go Back> │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ […] ┌────────────────────┤ [!] Finish the installation ├────────────────────┐ │ │ │ System clocks are generally set to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). │ │ The operating system uses your time zone to convert system time into │ │ local time. This is recommended unless you also use another operating │ │ system that expects the clock to be set to local time. │ │ │ │ Is the system clock set to UTC? │ │ │ │ <Go Back> <Yes> <No> │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────┤ [!!] Finish the installation ├────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Installation complete │ │ Installation is complete, so it is time to boot into your new system. │ │ Make sure to remove the installation media, so that you boot into the │ │ new system rather than restarting the installation. │ │ │ │ <Go Back> <Continue> │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────┤ Finishing the installation ├──────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ Running final-message... │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Configuring network... Running netcfg-copy-config... Gathering information for installation report... Unmounting file systems... Running release-dhcp-lease... Rebooting into your new system... Connection to 192.168.1.201 closed by remote host. Connection to 192.168.1.201 closed. $ $ exit Script done on Fri 12 Jul 2019 11:48:55 AM CDT ✄✄✄✄✄✄✄✄ Perhaps you were looking at the timestamps *in* the syslog. These start out in UTC, but switch to local time while Grub's prober runs. Here are extracts from /var/log/installer/syslog on acer: ✄✄✄✄✄✄✄✄ Jul 12 16:03:03 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.30.1 Jul 12 16:03:03 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.30.1 (Debian 1:1.30.1-4) Jul 12 16:03:03 kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 4.19.0-5-686 (debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 8.3.0 (Debian 8.3.0-7)) #1 SMP Debian 4.19.37-5 (2019-06-19) Jul 12 16:03:03 kernel: [ 0.000000] Disabled fast string operations […] Jul 12 16:44:37 grub-installer: info: grub-install ran successfully Jul 12 16:44:38 in-target: Reading package lists... Jul 12 16:44:38 in-target: Jul 12 16:44:38 in-target: Building dependency tree... Jul 12 16:44:38 in-target: Jul 12 16:44:38 in-target: Reading state information... Jul 12 16:44:38 in-target: Jul 12 16:44:39 in-target: grub-common is already the newest version (2.02+dfsg1-20). Jul 12 16:44:39 in-target: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Jul 12 16:44:46 kernel: [ 2509.158052] QNX4 filesystem 0.2.3 registered. Jul 12 11:44:46 os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/sda1 Jul 12 11:44:47 50mounted-tests: debug: mounted using GRUB ext2 filesystem driver Jul 12 11:44:47 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/05efi Jul 12 11:44:47 05efi: debug: Not on UEFI platform […] Jul 12 11:44:53 40grub2: debug: parsing: source $prefix/custom.cfg; Jul 12 11:44:53 40grub2: debug: parsing: fi Jul 12 11:44:53 40grub2: debug: parsing: ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### Jul 12 11:44:53 50mounted-tests: debug: /usr/lib/linux-boot-probes/mounted/40grub2 succeeded Jul 12 11:44:53 linux-boot-prober: debug: linux detected by /usr/lib/linux-boot-probes/50mounted-tests Jul 12 16:44:57 linux-boot-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/linux-boot-probes/50mounted-tests Jul 12 16:44:58 50mounted-tests: debug: running /usr/lib/linux-boot-probes/mounted/40grub /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1 /var/lib/os-prober/mount ext2 Jul 12 16:44:58 50mounted-tests: debug: running /usr/lib/linux-boot-probes/mounted/40grub2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1 /var/lib/os-prober/mount ext2 […] Jul 12 16:47:59 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/60cleanup Jul 12 16:48:00 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/65partman-md Jul 12 16:48:00 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/70mtab Jul 12 16:48:00 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/90base-installer Jul 12 16:48:00 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/90console Jul 12 16:48:00 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/94random-seed Jul 12 16:48:00 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/94save-logs ✄✄✄✄✄✄✄✄ Cheers, David.
