[Bug 486178] Re: package ntp (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

[MikeR]

After booting from the UNR memory stick I get:
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ ldd /usr/sbin/ntpd
ldd: /usr/sbin/ntpd: No such file or directory
ubuntu at ubuntu:~
probably because ntp is not installed...

I then tried to install ntp once again, with the following result:
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ 
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install ntp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  ntp-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ntp
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 491kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,233kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://mirror.anl.gov karmic/main ntp 1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-1ubuntu5 [491kB]
Fetched 491kB in 4s (120kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package ntp.
(Reading database ... 116516 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ntp (from .../ntp_1%3a4.2.4p6+dfsg-1ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for sreadahead ...
Setting up ntp (1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-1ubuntu5) ...

Configuration file `/etc/ntp.conf'
 ==> File on system created by you or by a script.
 ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
    Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
    N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
      D     : show the differences between the versions
      Z     : background this process to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** ntp.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? 
 * Starting NTP server ntpd                                                                                                                           [ OK ] 

So the original bug has vanished. 
Beyond my understanding.... unless there has been a recent fix, as from the identical setup install previously failed -- as can be seen above.

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package ntp (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/486178
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