It would be much better to replace it with systemd-timesyncd calls and drop ntpdate dependency altogether.
-- 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/583994 Title: Consider replacing ntpdate calls by 'ntpd -g' Status in NTP: Invalid Status in ntp package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in ntp package in Debian: New Bug description: Binary package hint: ntp Given that 'ntpdate' is being obsoleted upstream [1], we should replace 'ntpdate' usage by: * ntpd -qg (if we really want to set the time and exit), or * ntpd-g (if we want to keep ntpd running) the '-q' option will set the clock once, and exit; the 'g' allows for large corrections to the clock, like what is done by 'ntpdate'. [1] http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/ntpdate.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ntp/+bug/583994/+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
