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 in /etc/ntp.conf or somesuch, I do not see that /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate is ever any use.
-- 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/288905 Title: /etc/init.d/ntp doesnt use ntpdate to ensure clocks are aligned before starting server. Status in ntp package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: ntp Ubuntu: 8.04.1 ntp: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-3ubuntu2 Despite other comments on here that ntpdate should be run from ifup scripts there is still a fundamental issue. If due to failures such as #114505 not bringing up ntpd correctly if the clock drifts you have to ifdown, ifup an interface. On a major server thats just plain ridiculous...To fix the ntp daemon I have to pull down an ENTIRE network interface and stuff every service that is running on that interface - simply to fix ntpd. The alternative is that I have to either recognise and issue and then /etc/int.d/ntp stop ntpdate-debian /etc/init.d/ntp start again silly - because an /etc/init.d/ntp restart should work - the point of running NTP is it syncs. Therefore I propose that the /etc/init.d/ntp script is patched to include running of 'ntpdate-debian' during startup of the ntp server. This is a far more fail-safe method of working instead of forcing the admin to have to remember to run ntpdate-debian in case the clock has drifted excessively. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/288905/+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
