Since version 3.0plq-114, cron Pre-Depends on dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2). The version in 10.10 is 1.15.8.4, so I'm not sure why you are getting this error. Could you post the output of
$ apt-cache policy dpkg here? -- package cron 3.0pl1-114ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing cron https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/680024 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs