On Wednesday 04 February 2015 01:41:14, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 31.01.2015 um 10:19 schrieb Stefan Fritsch: > > severity 755722 serious > > retitle 755722 systemd must sync systemclock to RTC on shutdown > > thanks > > > > > > Systemd must make sure that the system clock does not go > > backwards, > > which causes all kinds of problems, with file systems and with > > other software. To achieve that, systemd has to sync the system > > time to RTC on shutdown. Upstream's argument that the system time > > may not be more accurate is completely unrelated to this issue. > > Upstream argues, that whoever changes the clock, should also make > sure to sync that to the RTC if so desired. E.g. if you change the > time using the builtin timedatectl command, it will make sure the > RTC is synced.
There is also natural drift between the system clock and the RTC. Who is supposed to account for that? On a system with an uptime of several months, the drift may be large enough to cause the time to go backwards at a reboot. NB: Upstream should try not to break existing software. The sysv init script compatibility is mostly moot if the init scripts need to be adjusted because of semantic changes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
