Your message dated Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:55:12 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1138579: fixed in openntpd 1:7.9p1-3
has caused the Debian Bug report #1138579,
regarding openntpd: please restore /usr/sbin/openntpd symlink
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1138579: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1138579
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Package: openntpd
Version: 1:6.8p1-5
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Control: affects -1 runit-services
Control: tags -1 + patch
Control: user [email protected]
Control: usertags -1 runit-outstanding
Hello,
the openntpd package used to ship a /usr/sbin/openntpd --> /usr/sbin/ntpd
symlink (and also one for the manpage), with a debian/openntpd.links file
in the source
cat debian/openntpd.links
--------------------------------
/usr/sbin/ntpd /usr/sbin/openntpd
/usr/share/man/man8/ntpd.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/openntpd.8.gz
---------------------------------
please consider to restore the links (at least the /usr/sbin/openntpd);
Reason:
the runit integration for openntpd (currently in runit-services package)
uses the path of the binary to be run by the script to trigger debhelper-like
heuristic (enable/disable the service and restart during upgrades).
So far /usr/sbin/openntpd was used, but now that your package removed it,
/usr/sbin/ntpd would have to be used instead.
The problem with /usr/sbin/ntpd is that is shipped also by the ntpsec
package, and the command line is not compatible[1], so using the openntpd
runscript with ntpsec or vice versa won't work.
Also, partially related: if you reinstate the link, I would also consider
reverting the change made to fix #1134959 in the initscript to
test -e /usr/sbin/openntpd || exit 0
Thanks,
Lorenzo
[1] compare the two manpages
https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/openntpd/ntpd.8.en.html
https://manpages.debian.org/testing/ntpsec/ntpd.8.en.html
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.17.9+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: runit (via /run/runit.stopit)
Versions of packages openntpd depends on:
ii libc6 2.42-16
ii netbase 6.5
ii sysuser-helper [systemd-sysusers] 2.0.0
openntpd recommends no packages.
Versions of packages openntpd suggests:
pn apparmor <none>
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: openntpd
Source-Version: 1:7.9p1-3
Done: Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
openntpd, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]> (supplier of updated openntpd
package)
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Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:18:57 +0300
Source: openntpd
Architecture: source
Version: 1:7.9p1-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]>
Closes: 1138579
Changes:
openntpd (1:7.9p1-3) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* [links]
+ Restore symbolic links between ntpd/openntpd (Closes: #1138579).
* [rules]
- Stop installing an empty /var/lib/openntpd/db/.
.
openntpd (1:7.9p1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* [apparmor]
= Update ntpd.drift and ntpd.sock paths. Thanks for the heads-up, Brent!
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