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tzsetup: Add an option to not create the symlink
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Authored by des on Aug 29 2025, 10:00 PM.
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If tzsetup is run pre-install by the installer, /etc/localtime is not
writeable and we get stuck in a loop. As a quick hack, add an option
to not try creating the symlink, and create only /var/db/zoneinfo.

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