Package: ntp Version: 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-2 Severity: minor Hi,
The NEWS.Debian entry for ntp 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-2 reads as follows: ntp (1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium You now need to use "rlimit memlock -1" to disable locking memory. The behaviour for ""rlimit memlock 0" changed between 4.2.8p3 and 4.2.8p4 and it now tries to lock all the memory. But for various people this still breaks things. -- Kurt Roeckx <[email protected]> Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:58:56 +0200 It took me several times to understand what this meant, and that it didn't apply to me. I would suggest rephrasing this so it is easier to understand. Suggestion: The behaviour of the "rlimit memlock" statement in ntp.conf has changed. Previously, setting the value of that option to 0 would disable the locking of memory; its current behaviour is to lock all the memory. To revert to its previous behaviour, use "rlimit memlock -1". However, note that there are cases in which this may cause problems; for more information, see <reference> This is under the assumption that rlimit memlock is, indeed, an ntp.conf statement. I couldn't find any reference to that in the documentation, so it could be wrong. If so, please clarify that, too. Obviously that <reference> bit should be replaced by a link to a bug or some bit of the documentation that explains the possible problems. Thanks, -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages ntp depends on: ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii dpkg 1.18.3 ii libc6 2.19-22 ii libcap2 1:2.24-12 ii libedit2 3.1-20150325-1 ii libopts25 1:5.18.6~pre3-3 ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.2d-1 ii lsb-base 9.20150917 ii netbase 5.3 Versions of packages ntp recommends: ii perl 5.20.2-6 Versions of packages ntp suggests: pn ntp-doc <none> -- no debconf information
