Comment 0 for bug 553237

Binary package hint: adjtimex

Bug report exists for debian too: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=557949

I have the same problem on Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid, still under testing).
This error makes this package unusable.

It looks like that "Correctly apply +-500 ppm sanity check" applied for version 1.28 is causing problems.
Also, bug #559882 ( http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559882 ) seems to be a duplicate of this one.

I have the same problem:

$ sudo aptitude install adjtimex
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  adjtimex
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/58.2kB of archives. After unpacking 176kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package adjtimex.
(Reading database ... 167625 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking adjtimex (from .../adjtimex_1.28-1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up adjtimex (1.28-1) ...
update-rc.d: warning: adjtimex start runlevel arguments (S) do not match LSB Default-Start values (2 3 4 5)
update-rc.d: warning: adjtimex stop runlevel arguments (none) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (0 1 6)
Regulating system clock...done.
Comparing clocks (this will take 70 sec)...done.
awk: BEGIN{print ((to-10000)*100 + override)./65536.)*.0864}
awk: ^ syntax error
awk: BEGIN{print ((to-10000)*100 + override)./65536.)*.0864}
awk: ^ unterminated regexp
awk: cmd. line:1: BEGIN{print ((to-10000)*100 + override)./65536.)*.0864}
awk: cmd. line:1: ^ unexpected newline or end of string
Adjusting system time by sec/day to agree with CMOS clock...done.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

$ sudo adjtimex --adjust
                                      --- current --- -- suggested --
cmos time system-cmos error_ppm tick freq tick freq
1270121506 -124.142183
1270121516 -123.957160 18502.3 10000 0
1270121526 -123.772238 18492.2 10000 0 9815 511312
1270121536 -123.571375 20086.3 10000 0 9799 897037
1270121546 -123.386457 18491.8 10000 0 9815 537875

ERROR: required correction is greater than plus/minus 500 parts
per million, quitting (use --force-adjust to override).

$ sudo adjtimex --adjust --force-adjust
                                      --- current --- -- suggested --
cmos time system-cmos error_ppm tick freq tick freq
1270121703 -120.372324
1270121713 -120.187284 18504.0 10000 0
1270121723 -119.986438 20084.6 10000 0 9799 1009537
1270121733 -119.801500 18493.8 10000 0 9815 406625
1270121743 -119.596560 20494.0 10000 0 9795 392687

WARNING: required correction is greater than plus/minus 500 parts
per million, but adjusting anyway per your request.
1270121753 -119.627563 -3100.3 9795 392687 9826 412337
1270121763 -119.639954 -1239.1 9795 392687 9807 2955737
1270121773 -119.652301 -1234.7 9795 392687 9807 2666674

WARNING: required correction is greater than plus/minus 500 parts
per million, but adjusting anyway per your request.