In reference to [1] the TL;DR summary is that: 1. ntpdate is deprecated 2. the patches got polished, tested and provided to Debian but not yet picked up 3. we are unwilling to add more delta to Debian for a deprecated binary #. so if they are merged in Debian we will pick it up in the next Release, but unlikely do an SRU for it.
Great and more detailed summary including potential workarounds for old issues can be read at: [1]: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2016-August/039484.html ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ntp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427775 Title: ntpdate.dhcp always ignored Status in NTP: New Status in ntp package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in ntp source package in Trusty: Won't Fix Bug description: Ubuntu 9.04, affects the ntpdate binary package Problem: Using dhcp a file ntpdate.dhcp is created but never used. By default NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF in /etc/default/ntpdate is set to "yes". This has the following consequences: /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian parses /etc/default/ntpdate and checks for /etc/ntp.conf.dhcp /etc/ntp.conf /etc/openntpd/ntpd.conf if NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF is set to yes. By default ntpd is not installed therefore there is no /etc/ntp.conf.dhcp /etc/ntp.conf or /etc/openntpd/ntpd.conf. ntpdate-debian then defaults to the NTPSERVERS set in /etc/default/ntpdate, namely "ntp.ubuntu.com". Only if NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF is set to "no" there will be a check for /etc/default/ntpdate.dhcp and consequently the server supplied by dhcp be used. I propose to set NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF to "no" by default. If ntpd is installed, this will override the use of ntpdate and /etc/ntpd.conf.dhcp and /etc/default/ntpdate.dhcp will both be created by DHCP anyway, therefore both packages will use the DHCP supplied servers in any case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ntp/+bug/427775/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
