On Fri, 17 Oct 2025 07:28:22 +0200 Carles Pina i Estany <[email protected]> wrote: > I see that the package dovecot-core (version 1:2.4.1+dfsg1-9) suggests > ntp which is not in unstable. > > This can be seen in https://packages.debian.org/unstable/dovecot-core . > Search for "Package not available". > > The missing package used to be in Debian but they were removed some time > ago: > > - https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ntp > > Should it be dropped or changed? should it recommend some other way to > keep the time? (systemd-timesyncd? ntpdate?)
ntp and ntpdate were replaced by ntpsec and ntpsec-ntpdate respectively, although ntpdate has never been recommended for regular clock.synchronisation, and I believe systemd-timesyncd is not great either. Chrony is apparently a good alternative, although I haven't tried it myself. There is also a "time-daemon" virtual package. Something like Suggests: ntpsec | chrony | time-daemon might be appropriate? Regards, Roger (Just another satisfied Dovecot and ntpsec user)
