On Wed, 3 May 2006 18:26:11 -0700 Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> tags 365950 moreinfo unreproducible > quit > > On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 01:18:18AM +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > > Package: ntp-server > > Severity: grave > > Version: 4.2.0a+stable-8.1 > > > I just installed ntp-server on my debian sid, and the configuration > > failed because the ntp user doesn't exist. The ntp user is created by > > ntp-simple. ntp-simple must be configured before ntp-server. > > 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. So the ntp user doesn't exist. ntp-server must pre-depend of ntp-simple or ntp-refclock to be sure that the postinst script of ntp-{simple|refclock} is run before the one of ntp-server.
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