[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#650818: package ntp throw warnings with dpkg-reconfigure

[Kurt Roeckx]

reassign 650818 dpkg
retitle 650818 dpkg-maintscript-helper: warning: environment variable DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME missing
thanks

On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 02:53:54PM +0100, Wolfgang Schnitker wrote:
> Package: ntp
> Version: 1:4.2.6.p2+dfsg-1+b1
> Severity: normal
> 
> I wanted to reconfigure ntp wirh dpkg-reconfigure. It works, but it throws
> warnings like this:
> 
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure ntp
> Stopping NTP server: ntpd.
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: warning: environment variable DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME
> missing
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: warning: environment variable
> DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE missing
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: warning: environment variable DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME
> missing
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: warning: environment variable
> DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE missing
> Starting NTP server: ntpd.

Calling "dpkg-maintscript-helper supports rm_conffile" has that
effect.

I don't see what we can do about this in the ntp package, so
reassigning to dpkg.


Kurt