Kurt Roeckx said: >On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 01:33:59PM +0000, Bruce Cran wrote: >> Package: ntp >> Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-8lenny3 >> Severity: normal >> >> Installing the ntp package results in ntpd being started at the end >> of the installation. This shouldn't happen because ntpd steps the >> clock forward or back and breaks certain applications such as dovecot >> that rely of a stable clock. > >As far as I know, the installer already sets your clock before it's >doing any installation. Ntp also doesn't get installed by default as >far as I know. So I'm not sure what you think should get changed.
Perhaps these "time sensitive" packages should have a pre-dependency on ntpd. -- Steve Kostecke <koste...@ntp.org> NTP Public Services Project http://support.ntp.org/ Public Key at http://support.ntp.org/Users/SteveKostecke -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
