Jack Bates wrote:
Package: ntpdate
Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-8
Severity: normal
The default configuration shipped with ntpdate is NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF=yes, but
a blank /etc/ntp.conf file. ntpdate does not depend on the ntp package, which
distributes a non-blank /etc/ntp.conf
The ntpdate-debian script works great after manually setting NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF=no, or
creating a /etc/ntp.conf. However if ntpdate-debian is run without manual
reconfiguration, using just the defaults, it results in "no servers can be used,
exiting"
Would it not be better to distribute the default ntpdate configuration with
NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF=no, or distribute a working ntp.conf? so ntpdate-debian
works even without manual reconfiguration?
This assessment is not correct. If NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF is yes but
/etc/ntp.conf (or other candidate file) does not exist, the NTPSERVERS
configuration in /etc/default/ntpdate is used. Try it by running
ntpdate-debian with sh -x and see what it ends up executing.
Your problem appears to be with ntpdate itself, not with the
configuration mechanisms around it.
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