I fixed the problem. Yes, I touched the ntpdate file, but then cmod +x'ed
it. Now that it's an executable, everything goes OK.

On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 08:10:06PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> David J. Kanter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> 
> > I tried this, but I still get the same error. Any other ideas?
> 
> > > > update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/ntpdate: file does not exist
> > > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/ntpdate.postinst: /etc/init.d/ntpdate: No such file 
> > > > or
> > > > directory
> 
> > > touch /etc/init.d/ntpdate
> > > 
> > > Then retry your installation.
> 
> Did the 'touch' command work?
> 
> Do you have an /etc/init.d/ntpdate file?
> 
> Does it still say "No such file or directory"?
> 
> If all else fails, you may need to edit
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/ntpdate.postinst and take out the part that tries to
> run update-rc.d.  But I'd only do that as a very last resort.
> 
> -- 
> Greg Wooledge                    | "Truth belongs to everybody."
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David J. Kanter
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Debian 2.1

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