Comment 5 for bug 374464

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Phil Hall (philhall1969) wrote : Re: [Bug 374464] Re: ntpdate cannot be uninstalled without uninstalling ubuntu-minimal

It's not a problem, however removing ntpdate will still remove
ubuntu-minimal...which is not recommended. Really, I don't see why these are
so tied together. I understnad ntpdate relying on ubuntu-minimal, but the
reverse should not be true.

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Chuck Short <email address hidden>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if this is still a problem for you.
>
> Regards
> chuck
>
> ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> ntpdate cannot be uninstalled without uninstalling ubuntu-minimal
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374464
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> Status in “ntp” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: ntpdate
>
> If you have ntp and ntpdate installted, it is recommended you uninstall
> ntpdate, however you cannot uninstall ntpdate without uninstalling
> ubuntu-minimal which is not recommended.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> Package: ntpdate 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-7ubuntu5
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: ntp
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
>