Ubuntu Seeds

hwclock is not found in a fresh installed ubuntu 23.10.

Bug #2037412 reported by Yan Jin
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Bug Description

hwclock is not found in a fresh installed ubuntu 23.10.
Users have to install util-linux-extra to have hwclock included.
Can it be included by default in ubuntu 23.10 GA?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu:
status: New → Confirmed
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Pengpeng Sun (pengpengs) wrote :

VMware customization executes "hwclock --systohc --utc" or "hwclock --systohc --localtime" to set hardware clock on Ubuntu VM since Ubuntu 13.04. Without hwclock command, the customization task on Ubuntu 23.10 will fail.

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Bernard Stafford (bernard010) wrote :

https://packages.ubuntu.com/mantic/fake-hwclock
hwclock is in the universe repository.
It will not be considered for one of the install programs.
The install program list is full, this must be maintained
to reduce bloat of the operating system.

Changed in ubuntu:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Bernard Stafford (bernard010) wrote :

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/708039

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Pengpeng Sun (pengpengs) wrote :

Hi Bernard,

hwclock is relatively small package, 6.2KB per https://packages.ubuntu.com/mantic/fake-hwclock, as I mentioned, removing this package blocks VMware vSphere guest os customization feature to work on Ubuntu 23.10, especially for customer who deploy cloud image directly. It will be great Ubuntu 23.10 GA version can add this small package back.

Tracking this issue in VMware bug #3286498

Pengpeng Sun (pengpengs)
Changed in ubuntu:
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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Pengpeng Sun (pengpengs) wrote :

Hi Team,

Please kindly review this bug again, all the current VMware vSphere releases will NOT be able to customize Ubuntu 23.10 VM without hwclock command.

Paul White (paulw2u)
affects: ubuntu → ubuntu-seeds
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