Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: apticron
apticron appears to require cron to be installed so that the
/etc/cron.d/ directory exists. When cron isn't installed (as, for
example, on a VM built by python-vm-builder), apticron will fail to
install.
Presumably, apticron should declare a dependency on cron (or recommend
cron and install successfully without it or something).
r...@novgorod:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
r...@novgorod:~# apt-cache policy apticron
apticron:
Installed: 1.1.35
Candidate: 1.1.35
Running "aptitude install apticron" should install apticron.
Instead, it fails:
r...@novgorod:~# aptitude install apticron
[...]
Setting up apticron (1.1.35) ...
Creating config file /etc/cron.d/apticron with new version
cp: cannot create regular file `/etc/cron.d/apticron': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing apticron (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
apticron
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up apticron (1.1.35) ...
Creating config file /etc/cron.d/apticron with new version
cp: cannot create regular file `/etc/cron.d/apticron': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing apticron (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
apticron
Reading package lists... Done
** Affects: apticron (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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apticron uninstallable without cron
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529381
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