[locale] New setting *adjustLiveTimezone*

- allow finer-grained control over whether-or-not to adjust the
  timezone in the live system.
- handle some special cases at the point of loading-configuration.
- document the setting in locale.conf
- correct some documentation bugs
- adjust the YAML schema for locale.conf so it's legal YAML syntax
  **and** validates the current file.

src/modules/locale/Config.cpp

@@ -177,15 +177,11 @@ Config::Config( QObject* parent )
         gs->insert( "locationRegion", location->region() );
         gs->insert( "locationZone", location->zone() );
 
-        // If we're in chroot mode (normal install mode), then we immediately set the
+        if ( locationChanged && m_adjustLiveTimezone )
-        // timezone on the live system. When debugging timezones, don't bother.
-#ifndef DEBUG_TIMEZONES
-        if ( locationChanged && Calamares::Settings::instance()->doChroot() )
         {
             QProcess::execute( "timedatectl",  // depends on systemd
                                { "set-timezone", location->region() + '/' + location->zone() } );
         }
-#endif
     } );
 }
 
@@ -325,6 +321,23 @@ Config::setConfigurationMap( const QVariantMap& configurationMap )
         localeGenPath = QStringLiteral( "/etc/locale.gen" );
     }
     m_localeGenLines = loadLocales( localeGenPath );
+
+    m_adjustLiveTimezone
+        = CalamaresUtils::getBool( configurationMap, "adjustLiveTimezone", Calamares::Settings::instance()->doChroot() );
+#ifdef DEBUG_TIMEZONES
+    if ( m_adjustLiveTimezone )
+    {
+        cDebug() << "Turning off live-timezone adjustments because debugging is on.";
+        m_adjustLiveTimezone = false;
+    }
+#endif
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+    if ( m_adjustLiveTimezone )
+    {
+        cDebug() << "Turning off live-timezone adjustments on FreeBSD.";
+        m_adjustLiveTimezone = false;
+    }
+#endif
 }
 
 Calamares::JobList

src/modules/locale/Config.h

@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ private:
      * pick Ukranian settings, for instance).
      */
     LocaleConfiguration m_selectedLocaleConfiguration;
+
+    /** @brief Should we adjust the "live" timezone when the location changes?
+     *
+     * In the Widgets UI, clicking around on the world map adjusts the
+     * timezone, and the live system can be made to follow that.
+     */
+    bool m_adjustLiveTimezone;
 };
 
 

src/modules/locale/locale.conf

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-# This settings are used to set your default system time zone.
+# These settings are used to set your default system time zone.
 # Time zones are usually located under /usr/share/zoneinfo and
 # provided by the 'tzdata' package of your Distribution.
 #
@@ -14,17 +14,26 @@
 region:                     "America"
 zone:                       "New_York"
 
+# Should changing the system location (e.g. clicking around on the timezone
+# map) immediately reflect the changed timezone in the live system?
+# By default, installers (with a target system) do, and setup (e.g. OEM
+# configuration) does not, but you can switch it on here (or off, if
+# you think it's annoying in the installer).
+#
+# Note that not all systems support live adjustment.
+#
+# adjustLiveTimezone:   true
 
 # System locales are detected in the following order:
 #
 #  - /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED
 #  - localeGenPath (defaults to /etc/locale.gen if not set)
-#  - 'locale -a' output
+#  - `locale -a` output
 #
-# Enable only when your Distribution is using an
+# Enable only when your Distribution is using a
 # custom path for locale.gen
 #
-#localeGenPath:             "PATH_TO/locale.gen"
+#localeGenPath:             "/etc/locale.gen"
 
 # GeoIP based Language settings: Leave commented out to disable GeoIP.
 #

src/modules/locale/locale.schema.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,34 @@ $id: https://calamares.io/schemas/locale
 additionalProperties: false
 type: object
 properties:
-    "region": { type: str }
+    region: { type: string,
-    "zone": { type: str }
+        enum: [
-    "localeGenPath": { type: string, required: true }
+            Africa,
-    "geoipUrl": { type: str }
+            America,
+            Antarctica,
+            Arctic,
+            Asia,
+            Atlantic,
+            Australia,
+            Europe,
+            Indian,
+            Pacific
+            ]
+        }
+    zone: { type: string }
+
+    adjustLiveTimezone: { type: boolean, default: true }
+
+    localeGenPath: { type: string }
+
+    # TODO: refactor, this is reused in welcome
+    geoip:
+        additionalProperties: false
+        type: object
+        properties:
+            style: { type: string, enum: [ none, fixed, xml, json ] }
+            url: { type: string }
+            selector: { type: string }
+        required: [ style, url, selector ]
+
+required: [ region, zone ]