I know it's a long time, but I'm cleaning up old NTP bugs atm. This is actually fixed a long time ago in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624275 And in Ubuntu due to the merge following that (Q).
Setting fix released to properly reflect the status ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #624275 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624275 ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ntp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/494968 Title: package ntp 1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-1ubuntu5.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Status in ntp package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: ntp I am running Koala, and every time I make a package update (whatever the package is), I get the following error: Setting up ntp (1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-1ubuntu5.1) ... chown: invalid group: `ntp:ntp' dpkg: error processing ntp (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Interesting is: $ grep ntp /etc/passwd ntp:x:112:124::/home/ntp:/bin/false $ grep ntp /etc/group $ grep 124 /etc/group postdrop:x:124: Group "ntp" does not exist. Could it be that the install script tried to create this group with an already existing gid ("postdrop")? ProblemType: Package Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Dec 9 07:55:44 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: ntp 1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-1ubuntu5.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.52-generic SourcePackage: ntp Title: package ntp 1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-1ubuntu5.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/494968/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
