Option #1: Under menuconfig System configuration ---> -*- Install timezone info (default) timezone list () default local time My understanding after doing internet searches was that an empty "default local time" field would be set to Etc/UTC. However, the build failed here: >>> host-tzdata 2018e Installing to host directory >>> tzdata 2018e Extracting >>> tzdata 2018e Patching >>> tzdata 2018e Configuring >>> tzdata 2018e Building >>> tzdata 2018e Installing to target Error: '' is not a valid timezone, check your BR2_TARGET_LOCALTIME setting package/pkg-generic.mk:331: recipe for target '/build/output/tx2_basecamp/build/tzdata-2018e/.stamp_target_installed' failed make[1]: *** [/build/output/tx2_basecamp/build/tzdata-2018e/.stamp_target_installed] Error 1 Makefile:23: recipe for target '_all' failed make: *** [_all] Error 2 Could not create rootfs... not building image Makefile:89: recipe for target 'docker_build_image' failed Option #2: Then Under menuconfig -*- Install timezone info (default) timezone list (Etc/UTC) default local time Then tzdata works and the build continues. Do a symsearch for TZDATA to find out what is required: Symbol: BR2_PACKAGE_TZDATA [=y] Type : bool Defined at package/tzdata/Config.in:4 Selected by [y]: - BR2_TARGET_TZ_INFO [=y] && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC [=y] Selected by [n]: - BR2_TARGET_TZ_INFO [=y] && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL [=n] The config is attached, but please be warned that it references local paths to local things and won't build for you. It also has Etc/UTC set as the "default local time". This is how I got tzdata to complete.
Created attachment 8281 [details] Config with Etc/UTC installed (tzdata completes) .config file saved from menuconfig with default local time set to Etc/UTC Warning: This config references local paths and to local things, and won't build for you.
Andrew, Thanks for the report. I just sent a patch that I believe handles this case: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1196072/ Care to test that, and report, please? Regards, Yann E. MORIN.
Created attachment 8286 [details] After applying tzpatch output
I replied to the email, but it didn't respond here. Inconvenient.... Thank Yann, (This is my first time with a patch) How to make sure it re-builds tzdata? Or maybe it worked? Looks like the "mbox" button gives me a .patch file on the webpage. Excellent I could add it to "br2-patches" and it gets used when I go to menuconfig: Applying patch: system-allow-not-setting-a-default-system-wide-time-zone.patch... patching file package/tz/tz.mk patching file package/tzdata/tzdata.mk Hunk #1 succeeded at 25 (offset -1 lines). Hunk #2 succeeded at 47 (offset -1 lines). patching file system/Config.in Hunk #1 succeeded at 481 (offset -13 lines). Removing intermediate container e9bde13f6ee5 ---> 8bc39f5e0e49 1. Copy ".patch" file into br2-patches 2. Go to menuconfig. 3. Note the patch is actually applied 4. Go to System Configuration 5. Modify "default local time" 6. Change from "Etc/UTC" to empty. 7. F6 to save and F9 to exit 8. Note: No errors on save and exit 9. Start the build and save all output to a file (stdout and stderr) 10. Wasn't able to find "tzdata" in the output
Fixed by https://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/commit/?id=0fb87516a49629901f5fe280cd08c9fdcf0eea24. Thanks!