Package: ntpdate Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-5 The file /etc/default/ntpdate is missing from the -5 package. The -3 package has it.
As you can see: http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/ntpdate/filelist vs. http://packages.debian.org/lenny/i386/ntpdate/filelist Without that file, I get the following when invoking ntpdate-debian: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ntpdate-debian 23 May 15:23:31 ntpdate[11767]: no servers can be used, exiting And here's some other information: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg --status ntpdate Package: ntpdate Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: net Installed-Size: 196 Maintainer: Debian NTP Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Source: ntp Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-5 Depends: netbase, libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libcap1, libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8f-5) Recommends: lockfile-progs Conffiles: /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate 8111d92d68761e1542143f459b912848 /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/ntpdate 714c145c22765fdfef242d456307e1c4 /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/ntpdate 8fc5628e78c8b27667ff8b9e8ab99c30 Description: client for setting system time from NTP servers NTP, the Network Time Protocol, is used to keep computer clocks accurate by synchronizing them over the Internet or a local network, or by following an accurate hardware receiver that interprets GPS, DCF-77, NIST or similar time signals. . ntpdate is a simple NTP client that sets a system's clock to match the time obtained by communicating with one or more NTP servers. It is not sufficient, however, for maintaining an accurate clock in the long run. ntpdate by itself is useful for occasionally setting the time on machines that do not have full-time network access, such as laptops. . If the full NTP daemon from the package "ntp" is installed, then ntpdate is not necessary. Homepage: http://ntp.isc.org/ Hope this helps, --Dave Loyall http://www.the-good-guys.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
