[Touch-packages] [Bug 288905] Re: /etc/init.d/ntp doesnt use ntpdate to ensure clocks are aligned before starting server.

Hi, this long dormant bug has been resurrected early last year, but I think it is time to close it. There were various discussions in the bug about when to set or drift, but while all is correct that isn't the scope of the bug. There are other open that will address e.g. that on a running system

[Touch-packages] [Bug 288905] Re: /etc/init.d/ntp doesnt use ntpdate to ensure clocks are aligned before starting server.

The way I read man ntpd (on Debian wheezy), we could (should?) replace ntpdate by ntpd -q; and if we are going to run ntpd then ntpdate is unnecessary anyway. If we have (or are going to have) ntpd, then we should simply skip /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate; seeing how that depends on NTPSERVERS