Package: adjtimex Version: 1.28-1 Severity: important During the installation of adjtimex package the following messages appeared:
Comparing clocks (this will take 70 sec)...done. awk: BEGIN{print ((to-10000)*100 + override)./65536.)*.0864} awk: ^ syntax error awk: BEGIN{print ((to-10000)*100 + override)./65536.)*.0864} awk: ^ unterminated regexp awk: cmd. line:1: BEGIN{print ((to-10000)*100 + override)./65536.)*.0864} awk: cmd. line:1: ^ unexpected newline or end of string Adjusting system time by sec/day to agree with CMOS clock...done. Then /etc/default/adjtimex file looked like this: # /etc/default/adjtimex - configuration file for adjtimex(8) # # you may adjust these values manually or by calling /usr/sbin/adjtimexconfig # # This file is sourced by /etc/init.d/adjtimex # TICK=to FREQ=override). I looked through postinst script and found that on my machine adjtimex prints an error message: # /sbin/adjtimex --adjust 2> /dev/null --- current --- -- suggested -- cmos time system-cmos error_ppm tick freq tick freq 1259149520 3068.566262 1259149530 3068.579347 1308.5 10000 0 1259149540 3068.592294 1294.7 10000 0 9987 350573 1259149550 3068.605252 1295.8 10000 0 9987 272449 1259149560 3068.618202 1295.0 10000 0 9987 325574 ERROR: required correction is greater than plus/minus 500 parts per million, quitting (use --force-adjust to override). Notice that adjtimex, for some unknown reason, prints this error message to stdout, not stderr. Apparently the postinst script takes words of this message instead of tick/freq values and writes them to the configuration file. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.10 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages adjtimex depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.10.1-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries adjtimex recommends no packages. Versions of packages adjtimex suggests: ii ntpdate 1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-2 client for setting system time fro -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org