Package: ntpdate Version: 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-2 Severity: normal If I install the ntpdate package, in order to have the useful diagnostic tool of the ntpdate(8) program, an if-up script also gets installed, which uses ntpdate in order to adjust the system clock every time a network interface comes up. Sure that's a vaguely sensible way to use ntpdate, but wanting to do that is not inherent in installing the ntpdate program.
I think there should be two distinct packages here: one providing the ntpdate program (and ntpdate-debian), and a second one implementing the specific use of ntpdate to repeatedly adjust the system clock. The package descriptions must reflect these distinct purposes. If for some reason you're not willing to split the packages, then the secondary purpose of the single package needs to be stated in its description. (The present description of the ntpdate package describes the ntpdate program, but makes no mention of running it automatically.) -zefram -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
