Control: fixed -1 1:7.9p1-4 On 2026-09-05 06:43:02 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 09:41:20 +0300 > From: Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: openntpd: man pages: bad pathnames for ntpd.drift and ntpd.sock > > On Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:20:03 +0200 Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> wrote: > > Package: openntpd > > Version: 1:6.8p1-3 > > Severity: minor > > > > The ntpd(8) man page has two occurrences of "/var/lib/ntpd.drift" > > and one occurrence of "/run/ntpd.sock". The ntpctl(8) man page also > > has one occurrence of "/run/ntpd.sock". > > > > These pathnames are incorrect in Debian. The correct ones are > > > > /var/lib/openntpd/db/ntpd.drift > > /var/lib/openntpd/run/ntpd.sock > > Those hard-coded paths were fixed upstream in 7.9p1, which has been in > Testing for a while. Closing.
I've had a quick look at the pathnames mentioned in ntpd(8), ntpctl(8) and ntpd.conf(5), and I confirm that this is fixed. Thanks. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
