On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 7:09 PM Martin-Éric Racine
<martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 1:58 PM Shengjing Zhu <z...@debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 6:53 PM Martin-Éric Racine
> > <martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 1:36 PM Shengjing Zhu <z...@debian.org> wrote:
> > > > Package: dhcpcd-base
> > > > Version: 9.4.1-21
> > > > Severity: important
> > > > X-Debbugs-Cc: z...@debian.org
> > > >
> > > > For bookworm ntpsec has replaced the old ntp.
> > > > See https://bugs.debian.org/1003966
> > > >
> > > >  ntpsec (1.2.1+dfsg1-5) experimental; urgency=medium
> > > >  .
> > > >    * Add ntpd.service alias
> > > >    * Add ntp transitional packages (Closes: 1003966)
> > > >
> > > > Now the hook is wrong to assume the existence of /etc/ntp.conf and
> > > > /run/ntp.conf.dhcp
> > >
> > > Can you file a bug report upstream?  As of 10.0.1-1 (pending upload),
> > > I have deprecated Debian's NTP hooks and use upstream's NTP hooks
> > > instead. Any missing support for alternative NTP daemons would be best
> > > filed there.
> > >
> >
> > It's filed for version 9.4.1-21, which is going to be included in
> > Debian Bookworm. However ntpd has been replaced by ntpsec in Debian
> > Bookworm. So the hook is wrong now. And the hook is a Debian specific
> > patch.
> > If you don't want to continue supporting ntpsec, I would suggest
> > removing this non-working hook for Bookworm (and its autopkgtest).
>
> I'm not gonna introduce any change to the package for Bookworm this
> late into the freeze.
>

However this is a real bug for Bookworm. Shipping non-working parts is
worse than non-support.
ntpsec taking over ntpd already happens for Bookworm.

-- 
Shengjing Zhu

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