tags 365950 -moreinfo unreproducible severity 329746 serious severity 365950 serious merge 329746 365950 thanks
On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 03:46:48AM +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > > Package: ntp-server > > Priority: optional > > Section: net > > Installed-Size: 176 > > Maintainer: Debian NTP Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Architecture: i386 > > Source: ntp > > Version: 1:4.2.0a+stable-8.1 > > Replaces: xntp, xntp3, ntp (<= 1:4.1.0-2) > > Depends: ntp-simple (>> 1:4.2.0a+stable-6) | ntp-refclock (>> > > 1:4.2.0a+stable-6) > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Could you please explain how ntp-server was configured on your system > > without this dependency being satisfied first? Both ntp-refclock and > > ntp-simple create the ntp system user in their postinsts in the current > > unstable version. > This is the same bug a this one (http://bugs.debian.org/329746)... > The problem is that ntp-server may be configured before ntp-simple or > ntp-refclock. No, a package cannot be configured before the packages it depends on. Except... that ntp-server and ntp-simple have a circular dependency relationship. This explains all the symptoms you've described, as well as those in bug #329746. Circular dependencies result in an undefined package configuration order, which defeats one of the main purposes of the Depends: field. So this needs to be fixed by breaking the loop, not by adding a Pre-Depends. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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