Package: ntpdate Version: 1:4.2.2.p4+dfsg-2 Severity: normal Hi, consider the following case (admittedly a corner one, but still valid)
# touch /etc/ntp.conf # sh -x ntpdate-debian + set -e + '[' -r /etc/default/ntpdate ']' + . /etc/default/ntpdate ++ NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF=yes ++ NTPSERVERS=it.pool.ntp.org ++ NTPOPTIONS= + '[' yes = yes ']' + '[' -r /etc/ntp.conf.dhcp ']' + '[' -r /etc/ntp.conf ']' + file=/etc/ntp.conf + '[' -n /etc/ntp.conf ']' ++ sed -rne 's/^(server|peer) ([-_.[:alnum:]]+).*$/\2/p' /etc/ntp.conf ++ grep -v '^127\.127\.' + NTPSERVERS= # echo $? 1 # while removing /etc/ntp.conf makes ntpdate-debian work as expected. filippo -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (600, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.14-susp2 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages ntpdate depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcap1 1:1.10-14 support for getting/setting POSIX. ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8e-3 SSL shared libraries ii netbase 4.29 Basic TCP/IP networking system ntpdate recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

