your comment #6 clearly shows that the script did not intercept the set-timezone call:
pat-mcgowan@patsdragon:~$ ls -l /etc/localtime lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Mar 8 10:03 /etc/localtime -> writable/localtime
thats a relative link again, the get_timezone() call should be fine if it is an absolute link (which the script cares for)
your comment #6 clearly shows that the script did not intercept the set-timezone call:
pat-mcgowan@ patsdragon: ~$ ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Mar 8 10:03 /etc/localtime -> writable/localtime
thats a relative link again, the get_timezone() call should be fine if it is an absolute link (which the script cares for)