[Debian GNUstep maintainers] Bug#1084190: breakage due to tzdata System V name removal

[Yavor Doganov]

On Sun, Oct 06, 2024 at 01:41:50PM +0100, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote:
> Package: tzdata
> Version: 2024b-2
> Severity: serious
> Justification: fails multiple autopkgtests
> 
> tadata 2024b changes the meaning of short names such as 'EST' from
> 'always this offset' to 'alias for a place that currently uses this
> offset'.

> gnustep-base doesn't display a detailed enough error to say, but
> plausibly might be a similar problem.

Yes, I confirm it's the same problem (fixed in 1.30.0-9).

The NSCalendarDate tests expect "MET" but "CET" is returned (most
probably because it sorts as the first -- both are symlinks to
Europe/Brussels).