package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11 failed to install/upgrade: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt

[Mark Fossett]

I am not up on the technical jargon. But attempts to update are failing.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-80.88~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt22
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-80-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27
AptOrdering:
 libxml2: Install
 python-libxml2: Install
 ntpdate: Configure
 libxml2: Configure
 python-libxml2: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Dec 25 07:36:58 2017
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Log started: 2017-12-11 07:50:44
 Log ended: 2017-12-11 07:53:04

 Log started: 2017-12-25 07:36:55
ErrorMessage: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-26 (824 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.6
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.17
SourcePackage: ntp
Title: package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11 failed to install/upgrade: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi Mark,
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

You could run:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade

And report the full output of your console here.

Since so far there isn't enough information in your report to differentiate between a local configuration problem and a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.
very likely the configuration of this package is somehow broken and so on update it fails to restart. But the bug lacks any data that would help to analyze the case.

[Mark Fossett (mfossett)]

Thank you for responding to my question/posting. I hope to have a chance
to try your suggestions soon and let you know if I have any luck.

Mark Fossett

On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 9:10 AM, ChristianEhrhardt <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Hi Mark,
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better.
>
> You could run:
> $ sudo apt update
> $ sudo apt upgrade
>
> And report the full output of your console here.
>
> Since so far there isn't enough information in your report to
> differentiate between a local configuration problem and a bug in Ubuntu,
> I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.
>
> If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers
> to get help for this sort of problem here:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community
>
> Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful
> to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.
> org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a
> more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a
> bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then
> change the bug status back to New.
> very likely the configuration of this package is somehow broken and so on
> update it fails to restart. But the bug lacks any data that would help to
> analyze the case.
>
>
> ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740407
>
> Title:
> package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11 failed to
> install/upgrade: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
>
> Status in ntp package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I am not up on the technical jargon. But attempts to update are
> failing.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
> Package: ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-80.88~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt22
> Uname: Linux 3.19.0-80-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27
> AptOrdering:
> libxml2: Install
> python-libxml2: Install
> ntpdate: Configure
> libxml2: Configure
> python-libxml2: Configure
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Dec 25 07:36:58 2017
> DpkgTerminalLog:
> Log started: 2017-12-11 07:50:44
> Log ended: 2017-12-11 07:53:04
>
> Log started: 2017-12-25 07:36:55
> ErrorMessage: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-26 (824 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64
> (20150805)
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.6
> apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.17
> SourcePackage: ntp
> Title: package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11 failed to
> install/upgrade: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1740407/+subscriptions
>

--
Mark Fossett

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for ntp (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Mark Fossett (mfossett)]

so it goes. linux clearly isnt for ordinary folk.

On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Launchpad Bug Tracker <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> [Expired for ntp (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
> days.]
>
> ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => Expired
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740407
>
> Title:
> package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11 failed to
> install/upgrade: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
>
> Status in ntp package in Ubuntu:
> Expired
>
> Bug description:
> I am not up on the technical jargon. But attempts to update are
> failing.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
> Package: ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-80.88~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt22
> Uname: Linux 3.19.0-80-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27
> AptOrdering:
> libxml2: Install
> python-libxml2: Install
> ntpdate: Configure
> libxml2: Configure
> python-libxml2: Configure
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Dec 25 07:36:58 2017
> DpkgTerminalLog:
> Log started: 2017-12-11 07:50:44
> Log ended: 2017-12-11 07:53:04
>
> Log started: 2017-12-25 07:36:55
> ErrorMessage: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-26 (824 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64
> (20150805)
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.6
> apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.17
> SourcePackage: ntp
> Title: package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11 failed to
> install/upgrade: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1740407/+subscriptions
>

--
Mark Fossett

[Paul Gear (paulgear)]

@mfossett: You previously said that you would attempt to gather the diagnostic information for which @cpaelzer asked you in comment 2. If you are still experiencing the problem, please add the requested information to this bug report and change the status from Expired to New.