From 979f953822d249cce784fa6cd2613b64cd9b8074 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anton Hvornum <anton.feeds+github@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:47:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Locale timezone python chmod (#4210)"

This reverts commit 01d3af9fbbf25f75893cbfc4951fa39d750df449.
---
 archinstall/lib/installer.py  | 16 ++++++----------
 archinstall/scripts/guided.py |  4 +++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/installer.py b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
index ba3b6eba..eceef0bc 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/installer.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
@@ -891,7 +891,6 @@ class Installer:
 		mkinitcpio: bool = True,
 		hostname: str | None = None,
 		locale_config: LocaleConfiguration | None = LocaleConfiguration.default(),
-		timezone: str | None = None,
 	) -> None:
 		if self._disk_config.lvm_config:
 			lvm = 'lvm2'
@@ -948,6 +947,10 @@ class Installer:
 		if not self._disable_fstrim:
 			self.enable_periodic_trim()
 
+		# TODO: Support locale and timezone
+		# os.remove(f'{self.target}/etc/localtime')
+		# sys_command(f'arch-chroot {self.target} ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/{localtime} /etc/localtime')
+		# sys_command('arch-chroot /mnt hwclock --hctosys --localtime')
 		if hostname:
 			self.set_hostname(hostname)
 
@@ -955,15 +958,8 @@ class Installer:
 			self.set_locale(locale_config)
 			self.set_keyboard_language(locale_config.kb_layout)
 
-		if timezone:
-			if not self.set_timezone(timezone):
-				warn(f'Failed to set timezone: {timezone}')
-
-		root_dir = self.target / 'root'
-		if root_dir.exists():
-			root_dir.chmod(0o700)
-		else:
-			debug(f'Root directory not found at {root_dir}, skipping chmod')
+		# TODO: Use python functions for this
+		self.arch_chroot('chmod 700 /root')
 
 		if mkinitcpio and not self.mkinitcpio(['-P']):
 			error('Error generating initramfs (continuing anyway)')
diff --git a/archinstall/scripts/guided.py b/archinstall/scripts/guided.py
index b19166bb..85ca1593 100644
--- a/archinstall/scripts/guided.py
+++ b/archinstall/scripts/guided.py
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ def perform_installation(
 			mkinitcpio=run_mkinitcpio,
 			hostname=arch_config_handler.config.hostname,
 			locale_config=locale_config,
-			timezone=config.timezone,
 		)
 
 		if mirror_config := config.mirror_config:
@@ -140,6 +139,9 @@ def perform_installation(
 		if config.packages and config.packages[0] != '':
 			installation.add_additional_packages(config.packages)
 
+		if timezone := config.timezone:
+			installation.set_timezone(timezone)
+
 		if config.ntp:
 			installation.activate_time_synchronization()