mkfs.ntfs link is broken and fails

Bug #1158732 reported by Friedrich
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #1148541: mkfs.ntfs is missing from package. Edit Remove
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ntfs-3g (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Dimitri John Ledkov

Bug Description

I want to use the program winUSB and it throw the error that mkfs.ntfs could not be found. The link in in /sbin but its broken.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: ntfs-3g 1:2013.1.13-1+0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-13.23-generic 3.8.3
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 22 13:10:20 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-27 (53 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130127)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ntfs-3g
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Friedrich (friedrich-waack) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ntfs-3g (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Alex Shoronov (underoot) wrote :

Yes, it is really problem. Also my freind have this problem. Solve of it force copying of mkntfs to /usr/sbin from deb.

Changed in ntfs-3g (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Dmitrijs Ledkovs (xnox)
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us2000 (q-launchpad-r) wrote :

Copying is bad, better: correct the link:

sudo ln -sf /sbin/mkntfs /sbin/mkfs.ntfs

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