Hello, I confirm also this bug in ntp-server 1:4.2.0a+stable-2sarge1 (testing).
I made after some investigation a similar patch: diff file attached to this message. Daniel R.
--- ntp-server.old 2006-03-02 11:51:19.000000000 +0100 +++ ntp-server 2006-03-02 11:51:19.000000000 +0100 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ echo -n "Restarting NTP server: ntpd... " start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/ntpd.pid sleep 2 - start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/ntpd -- -p /var/run/ntpd.pid + start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/ntpd.pid --exec /usr/sbin/ntpd -- -p /var/run/ntpd.pid echo "done." ;; *)