ubuntu changed the timezone packages and now /etc/localtime is a hanging softlink. adding tzdata fixes this, but we need to check the other ubuntu and debian containers as well. Idea: add a test for hanging softlinks so we can catch this earlier?
due to other bug's being higher priority, reassigning back to me.
fixed in 4a86117cabcf7e685d5ca2ec31effb9be88cbea2