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) 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/1206164 Title: /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate does not detach correctly Status in NTP: New Status in ntp package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: It seems that the intent of /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate is to background itself, as it creates a subshell with &. As reported in bug 1202758, this doesn't seem to work correctly. That doesn't close the file descriptors. As a result, if something is waiting on the output of 'ifup', it will sit and wait until ntpdate is finished. Example: $ time sudo sh -c 'o=$(sh -c "ifdown eth0 ; ifup eth0" 2>&1) ; echo $o' If we change the way it detaches itself to close stdout, stdderr, and stdin, then we're fine. I'm reporting this, but I'm not sure how much of a real problem it is. As if th e command sends stdin and stdout to /dev/null, then debugging its output would b e more difficult. Example diff: $ diff -u /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate.dist /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate --- /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate.dist 2013-07-29 15:47:54.242781947 +0000 +++ /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate 2013-07-29 15:48:06.946781947 +0000 @@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ lockfile-remove $LOCKFILE fi -) & +) </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 & ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.10.0-5.15-generic 3.10.2 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-5-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.11-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jul 29 15:32:30 2013 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ntp UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.network.if.up.d.ntpdate: 2013-07-29T15:32:03.567775 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ntp/+bug/1206164/+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
