With this stupid change, network manager doesn't even use the "ntp
server" variable sent to it from the dhcp server.

C'mon folks.  This is basic, really basic, autoconfiguration
functionality.  It makes ntp in environements where they don't let
machines communicate outside of the network useless, as the hardcoded
value in /etc/ntp.conf no longer works in such environments.

Sure, I could simply change the value that goes into /etc/ntp.conf but
that gets awfully tiresome on a laptop that roams from one network to
another and needs a different value for each network.  This is *exactly*
why DHCP has the ability to give this information to the client.  Except
that Ubuntu/Canonical, in their infinite wisdom have decided that this
use-case is stupid and just neutered it.

Not everyone works is wide open Internet environment folks.  The sooner
you can learn that and remember it when you are making infrastructure-
impacting changes, the better your product will be for everyone.

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NetworkManager does not use dhclient-exit-hooks.d
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293139
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