> Were you able to try applying this patch?
Yes, it seems working (start/stop/restart tested) for few days.
See attached patch.
>From 37fb75461c7102617fedd9f270baaf8fe32bcbaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey B Kirpichev <skirpic...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 19:11:30 +0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add a -p option to openntpd to create a pidfile (Closes:
#726650)
---
debian/openntpd.init | 2 +
debian/patches/06-pid.patch | 144 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
debian/patches/series | 1 +
3 files changed, 147 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 debian/patches/06-pid.patch
diff --git a/debian/openntpd.init b/debian/openntpd.init
index 6859368..e3e29db 100644
--- a/debian/openntpd.init
+++ b/debian/openntpd.init
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ if [ -f /etc/default/openntpd ]; then
. /etc/default/openntpd
fi
+DAEMON_OPTS="${DAEMON_OPTS:-} -p /var/run/openntpd.pid"
+
set -e
case "$1" in
diff --git a/debian/patches/06-pid.patch b/debian/patches/06-pid.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6479c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/06-pid.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+Description: adding a -p option to openntpd to create a pidfile
+Origin: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=493082
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/726650
+
+---
+ ntpd.8 | 6 +++++-
+ ntpd.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
+ ntpd.h | 1 +
+ 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/ntpd.8
++++ b/ntpd.8
+@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
+ .Bk -words
+ .Op Fl dnSsv
+ .Op Fl f Ar file
++.Op Fl p Ar file
+ .Ek
+ .Sh DESCRIPTION
+ The
+@@ -63,13 +64,16 @@
+ .Xr ntpd.conf 5 .
+ .Pp
+ The options are as follows:
+-.Bl -tag -width "-f fileXXX"
++.Bl -tag -width "-p fileXXX"
+ .It Fl d
+ Do not daemonize.
+ If this option is specified,
+ .Nm
+ will run in the foreground and log to
+ .Em stderr .
++.It Fl p Ar file
++Write pid to
++.Ar file
+ .It Fl f Ar file
+ Use
+ .Ar file
+--- a/ntpd.c
++++ b/ntpd.c
+@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
+ {
+ extern char *__progname;
+
+- fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [-dnSsv] [-f file]\n", __progname);
++ fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [-dnSsv] [-f file] [-p file]\n", __progname);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
+ log_init(1); /* log to stderr until daemonized */
+ res_init(); /* XXX */
+
+- while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "df:nsSv")) != -1) {
++ while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "df:np:sSv")) != -1) {
+ switch (ch) {
+ case 'd':
+ lconf.debug = 1;
+@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@
+ case 'n':
+ lconf.noaction = 1;
+ break;
++ case 'p':
++ lconf.pid_file = optarg;
++ break;
+ case 's':
+ lconf.settime = 1;
+ break;
+@@ -157,9 +160,17 @@
+ reset_adjtime();
+ if (!lconf.settime) {
+ log_init(lconf.debug);
+- if (!lconf.debug)
++ if (!lconf.debug) {
+ if (daemon(1, 0))
+ fatal("daemon");
++ else if (lconf.pid_file != NULL) {
++ FILE *f = fopen(lconf.pid_file, "w");
++ if (f == NULL)
++ fatal("couldn't open pid file");
++ fprintf(f, "%ld\n", (long) getpid());
++ fclose(f);
++ }
++ }
+ } else
+ timeout = SETTIME_TIMEOUT * 1000;
+
+@@ -201,9 +212,17 @@
+ log_init(lconf.debug);
+ log_debug("no reply received in time, skipping initial "
+ "time setting");
+- if (!lconf.debug)
++ if (!lconf.debug) {
+ if (daemon(1, 0))
+ fatal("daemon");
++ else if (lconf.pid_file != NULL) {
++ FILE *f = fopen(lconf.pid_file, "w");
++ if (f == NULL)
++ fatal("couldn't open pid file");
++ fprintf(f, "%ld\n", (long) getpid());
++ fclose(f);
++ }
++ }
+ }
+
+ if (nfds > 0 && (pfd[PFD_PIPE].revents & POLLOUT))
+@@ -242,6 +261,8 @@
+ msgbuf_clear(&ibuf->w);
+ free(ibuf);
+ log_info("Terminating");
++ if (lconf.pid_file != NULL)
++ unlink(lconf.pid_file);
+ return (0);
+ }
+
+@@ -316,9 +337,17 @@
+ memcpy(&d, imsg.data, sizeof(d));
+ ntpd_settime(d);
+ /* daemonize now */
+- if (!lconf->debug)
++ if (!lconf->debug) {
+ if (daemon(1, 0))
+ fatal("daemon");
++ else if (lconf->pid_file != NULL) {
++ FILE *f = fopen(lconf->pid_file, "w");
++ if (f == NULL)
++ fatal("couldn't open pid file");
++ fprintf(f, "%ld\n", (long) getpid());
++ fclose(f);
++ }
++ }
+ lconf->settime = 0;
+ break;
+ case IMSG_HOST_DNS:
+--- a/ntpd.h
++++ b/ntpd.h
+@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@
+ u_int8_t debug;
+ u_int32_t scale;
+ u_int8_t noaction;
++ char *pid_file;
+ };
+
+ struct buf {
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 1f6454e..863a712 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
03-manpage-no-server-by-default.patch
04-syslog.patch
05-fix-kfreebsd-ftbfs.patch
+06-pid.patch
--
1.7.10.4
