Package: ntpdate Version: 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3 In /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate we have: # Avoid running more than one at a time flock -n /run/lock/ntpdate /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian -s $OPTS 2>/dev/null || :
But in /etc/init.d/ntp we have: LOCKFILE=/var/lock/ntpdate lock_ntpdate() { if [ -x /usr/bin/lockfile-create ]; then lockfile-create $LOCKFILE lockfile-touch $LOCKFILE & This might be related to some other bug report. Kurt