Hi Alexandre thanks for taking the time to file this bug report. Removing /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate is actually the way to do this. Any file in /etc will be tracked as a conffile in dpkg. Dpkg respects removed conffiles on upgrade, so it won't be restored, nor will it be missed since this is a .d style directory.
Since there's nothing to fix, I'm closing this as Invalid. If you have any further information that might contradict that, please feel free to re-open the bug by setting the status back to New, or by opening a new bug report. ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959990 Title: unnecessary ntpdate invokation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/959990/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs