It appears this isn't the case on Ubuntu 14.04 as can be seen on http://packages.ubuntu.com/nl/trusty/freeipa-client
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of FreeIPA, which is subscribed to freeipa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1492219 Title: ipa-client-install crashes when /usr/bin/nsupdate isn't installed Status in freeipa package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The ipa-client-install crashes when /usr/bin/nsupdate is not available on the system. We're using OpenCZ containers which by default don't have dnsutils installed. I think it would be best to add dnsutils as dependency to freeipa-client. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: freeipa-client 3.3.4-0ubuntu3.1 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-39-pve i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.12 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Sep 4 14:06:37 2015 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) SourcePackage: freeipa UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-05-15 (111 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeipa/+bug/1492219/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~freeipa Post to : freeipa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~freeipa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp