On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 12:02:41PM +0100, Roger Lynn 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?
This is fixed with https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dovecot/-/commit/812f0ea434b313d25aa9177ec2e1805e42649d5f noah
