Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since
this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work,
I'm going to mark it as triaged and let them handle it from here. Thanks
for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!
** Description changed:
Distro Release: Dapper
Package: ntp
Description:
The clock of one of my routers running Dapper had bogus time (something that
ntpd was slowly but steadily working on). Then I added an interface and boom!
the time was stepped. OSPF went into an retarded state, loosing random routes
and everything was going crazy.
After the ordeal was over I found the /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate
script, where time is stepped _every_ time interfaces go up/down. This
is probably okay on a laptop or something, but it's madness to do so on
a server. I sure know OSPF isn't the only service that gets really
confused when the clock leaps.
There's actually a reason why the manual page of ntpdate says the
following about the -b option: «This option should be used when called
from a startup file at boot time.»
I've now deinstalled ntpdate (it served no purpose anyway since I have
ntpd), but really, this package should not be part of the default server
installation with this behaviour.
+ DESIRED FIX:
+ In my humble opinion use of the «-b» option should be dropped from server
installs, or (even better) ntpdate should be run only as part of the bootup
sequence, leaving clock synch to ntpd afterwards.
+
Tore
** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
Status: Incomplete => Triaged
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ntp script steps time
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/75347
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