Since there are no intentions to SRU the fixes for chrony or touch ntp /open-ntp on this lets mark the tasks accordingly to manage expectations.
** Changed in: openntpd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: chrony (Ubuntu Artful) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: chrony (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix ** No longer affects: ntp (Ubuntu Artful) ** No longer affects: ntp (Ubuntu Bionic) ** No longer affects: openntpd (Ubuntu Xenial) ** No longer affects: openntpd (Ubuntu Artful) ** No longer affects: openntpd (Ubuntu Bionic) -- 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/1756987 Title: chrony install does not stop systemd-timesyncd Status in chrony package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in ntp package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in openntpd package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in chrony source package in Xenial: Won't Fix Status in ntp source package in Xenial: Won't Fix Status in chrony source package in Artful: Won't Fix Status in chrony source package in Bionic: Fix Released Bug description: 1. root@ubuntu:~# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS Release: 16.04 root@ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-116-generic #140-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 12 21:23:04 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 2. root@ubuntu:~# apt-cache policy systemd systemd: Installed: 229-4ubuntu21.1 Candidate: 229-4ubuntu21.1 Version table: *** 229-4ubuntu21.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 229-4ubuntu4 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages root@ubuntu:~# apt-cache policy chrony chrony: Installed: 2.1.1-1 Candidate: 2.1.1-1 Version table: *** 2.1.1-1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3. installing chrony should stop systemd-timesyncd so they both don't try to adjust time 4. after chrony is installed both systemd-timesyncd and chronyd are running. root@ubuntu:~# ps aux | egrep "(chrony|timesync)" systemd+ 1086 0.0 0.2 100324 2368 ? Ssl 19:34 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd _chrony 2770 0.0 0.2 105780 2920 ? S 19:38 0:00 /usr/sbin/chronyd root 3077 0.0 0.0 12944 924 pts/0 S+ 19:52 0:00 grep -E --color=auto (chrony|timesync) Note, on bionic the chrony package successfully stops systemd-timesyncd and only chronyd remains running after install. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: chrony 2.1.1-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-116.140-generic 4.4.98 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-116-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Mar 19 19:51:06 2018 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: chrony UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chrony/+bug/1756987/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp