Hi, we are using ntp as a standard service, and it's deployed and configured by puppet. So using chrony instead of ntp client is not really an option.
I just wanted to mention a dirty but possible quickfix to get around this bug: apt install freeipa-client # let it correctly solve all dependencies and uninstall ntp for now dpkg --ignore-depends=freeipa-client -r chrony vi /var/lib/dpkg/status # remove chrony from dependencies list of freeipa-client package apt install ntp As you probably can imagine this should only be a temporary solution. Therefore we already repackaged the freeipa-client package, removed the chrony dependency and put it in our local Ubuntu mirror. I also think changing the chrony dependency to be a "recommends" instead of a "depends" is an essential change to the package. Unfortunately I am not really aware of how the voting and contribution to changes in Ubuntu packaging works. Please point me in the right direction! Thanks a lot and all the best! Jojo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of FreeIPA, which is subscribed to freeipa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778911 Title: freeipa-client hard depends on chrony Status in ceph package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in chrony package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in freeipa package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in maas package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: That freeipa-client needs accurate time to work is obvious. But there are various ways to go about this: 1) install a timeserver like chrony or ntp 2) Not at all, because the system is an lxc client and thus the time is synced externally. Currently chrony is installed, and another package requires ntp. Furthermore puppet is running on the host and installs chrony on one run and in the next run ntp etc etc. And that on a host which requires neither. There are many ways to solve this problem with various levels of being accurate. Please think the problem through in such a way that all possible scenarios are covered. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: chrony 3.2-4ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jun 27 14:40:03 2018 SourcePackage: chrony UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ceph/+bug/1778911/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~freeipa Post to : freeipa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~freeipa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp