Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-115 Severity: important Tags: squeeze On a freshly installed squeeze system:
mnen...@poison:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -p low cron Stopping periodic command scheduler: cron. dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: couldn't identify the package mnen...@poison:~$ This leave the cron daemon stopped and generally breaks a dpkg-reconfigure -a invocation. This could be a dpkg bug, because adding the package name to dpkg-maintscript-helper invocation leads to a different error. mnen...@poison:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -p low cron Stopping periodic command scheduler: cron. dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: environment variable DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME is required mnen...@poison:~$ Regards, Marco -- Package-specific info: --- EDITOR: not set --- usr/bin/editor: /usr/bin/emacs23-nox --- /usr/bin/crontab: -rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 30248 Oct 16 13:27 /usr/bin/crontab --- /var/spool/cron drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 48 Nov 20 20:20 /var/spool/cron --- /var/spool/cron/crontabs drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 6 Oct 16 13:27 /var/spool/cron/crontabs -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages cron depends on: ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups ii debianutils 3.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.15.8.5 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libpam-runtime 1.1.1-6.1 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 1.1.1-6.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip Versions of packages cron recommends: ii exim4 4.72-2 metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.72-2 lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon pn lockfile-progs <none> (no description available) Versions of packages cron suggests: pn anacron <none> (no description available) pn checksecurity <none> (no description available) ii logrotate 3.7.8-6 Log rotation utility Versions of packages cron is related to: pn libnss-ldap <none> (no description available) pn libnss-ldapd <none> (no description available) pn libpam-ldap <none> (no description available) pn libpam-mount <none> (no description available) pn nis <none> (no description available) pn nscd <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
