On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 01:35:20PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > debsecan has a Recommends on cron, but if cron is not installed, it > fails to configure like this:
> Setting up debsecan (0.4.3.4) ... > /usr/sbin/debsecan-create-cron: line 63: /etc/cron.d/debsecan: No such > file or directory > dpkg: error processing debsecan (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > debsecan > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > I would suggest: > - either check if /etc/cron.d exists in postinst, and display an > appropriate message. > - or depends on cron. Better than either of these would be to ship the /etc/cron.d directory in the package. Cheers, -- 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/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]