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Description
Issue Description
When creating a container on NixOS with --tz local
, it later fails to start with this error:
Error: unable to start container "73dff85a07f82a43733f8685b561e4b175c282de8d6355ee433ab65c025088a8": configuring timezone for container 73dff85a07f82a43733f8685b561e4b175c282de8d6355ee433ab65c025088a8: setting timezone for container 73dff85a07f82a43733f8685b561e4b175c282de8d6355ee433ab65c025088a8: stat /etc/zoneinfo/local: no such file or directory
Steps to reproduce the issue
podman create --tz local --name test debian
podman start test
Describe the results you received
Error: unable to start container "73dff85a07f82a43733f8685b561e4b175c282de8d6355ee433ab65c025088a8": configuring timezone for container 73dff85a07f82a43733f8685b561e4b175c282de8d6355ee433ab65c025088a8: setting timezone for container 73dff85a07f82a43733f8685b561e4b175c282de8d6355ee433ab65c025088a8: stat /etc/zoneinfo/local: no such file or directory
Describe the results you expected
The container starts normally, with the correct timezone configured.
podman info output
host:
arch: amd64
buildahVersion: 1.37.0
cgroupControllers:
- cpu
- io
- memory
- pids
cgroupManager: systemd
cgroupVersion: v2
conmon:
package: Unknown
path: /nix/store/3azk5pxlxzdmsif5qnr0agy1rgp73qd7-podman-helper-binary-wrapper/bin/conmon
version: 'conmon version 2.1.12, commit: '
cpuUtilization:
idlePercent: 98.92
systemPercent: 0.21
userPercent: 0.87
cpus: 64
databaseBackend: sqlite
distribution:
codename: vicuna
distribution: nixos
version: "24.11"
eventLogger: journald
freeLocks: 2024
hostname: tomato
idMappings:
gidmap:
- container_id: 0
host_id: 100
size: 1
- container_id: 1
host_id: 100000
size: 65536
uidmap:
- container_id: 0
host_id: 1000
size: 1
- container_id: 1
host_id: 100000
size: 65536
kernel: 6.6.35
linkmode: dynamic
logDriver: journald
memFree: 173756747776
memTotal: 202666819584
networkBackend: netavark
networkBackendInfo:
backend: netavark
dns:
package: Unknown
path: /nix/store/2imm3vch2vf0r1b4y4rzwh5qs50yq3p8-podman-5.2.0/libexec/podman/aardvark-dns
version: aardvark-dns 1.12.0
package: Unknown
path: /nix/store/2imm3vch2vf0r1b4y4rzwh5qs50yq3p8-podman-5.2.0/libexec/podman/netavark
version: netavark 1.7.0
ociRuntime:
name: crun
package: Unknown
path: /nix/store/3azk5pxlxzdmsif5qnr0agy1rgp73qd7-podman-helper-binary-wrapper/bin/crun
version: |-
crun version 1.15
commit: 1.15
rundir: /run/user/1000/crun
spec: 1.0.0
+SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +CRIU +YAJL
os: linux
pasta:
executable: /nix/store/2imm3vch2vf0r1b4y4rzwh5qs50yq3p8-podman-5.2.0/libexec/podman/pasta
package: Unknown
version: |
pasta 2024_06_24.1ee2eca
Copyright Red Hat
GNU General Public License, version 2 or later
<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
remoteSocket:
exists: true
path: /run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock
rootlessNetworkCmd: pasta
security:
apparmorEnabled: false
capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT
rootless: true
seccompEnabled: true
seccompProfilePath: ""
selinuxEnabled: false
serviceIsRemote: false
slirp4netns:
executable: /nix/store/2imm3vch2vf0r1b4y4rzwh5qs50yq3p8-podman-5.2.0/libexec/podman/slirp4netns
package: Unknown
version: |-
slirp4netns version 1.3.1
commit: e5e368c4f5db6ae75c2fce786e31eef9da6bf236
libslirp: 4.8.0
SLIRP_CONFIG_VERSION_MAX: 5
libseccomp: 2.5.5
swapFree: 0
swapTotal: 0
uptime: 5h 56m 29.00s (Approximately 0.21 days)
variant: ""
plugins:
authorization: null
log:
- k8s-file
- none
- passthrough
- journald
network:
- bridge
- macvlan
- ipvlan
volume:
- local
registries:
search:
- docker.io
- quay.io
store:
configFile: /home/vivienne/.config/containers/storage.conf
containerStore:
number: 3
paused: 0
running: 0
stopped: 3
graphDriverName: overlay
graphOptions: {}
graphRoot: /home/vivienne/.local/share/containers/storage
graphRootAllocated: 1000190722048
graphRootUsed: 243351670784
graphStatus:
Backing Filesystem: btrfs
Native Overlay Diff: "true"
Supports d_type: "true"
Supports shifting: "false"
Supports volatile: "true"
Using metacopy: "false"
imageCopyTmpDir: /tmp
imageStore:
number: 47
runRoot: /run/user/1000/containers
transientStore: false
volumePath: /home/vivienne/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes
version:
APIVersion: 5.2.0
Built: 315532800
BuiltTime: Tue Jan 1 01:00:00 1980
GitCommit: ""
GoVersion: go1.22.5
Os: linux
OsArch: linux/amd64
Version: 5.2.0
Podman in a container
No
Privileged Or Rootless
Rootless
Upstream Latest Release
Yes
Additional environment details
OS: NixOS
❯ echo $TZDIR
/etc/zoneinfo
❯ ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx - root 8 Aug 14:47 /etc/localtime -> /etc/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin
Additional information
I assume this issue is related to NixOS setting TZDIR
.