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." > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Red Hot Chili Peppers, > http://www.kellnet.com/wooledge/ | ---end quoted text--- -- David J. Kanter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian 2.1