Package: apticron Version: 1.1.38 Severity: important apticron lacks a dependency on cron, meaning that it is possible to install apticron without having cron installed. If you attempt to do so, the installation fails with an error:
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 See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529381 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
