Am affected by the missing sntp binary also. For reference the Debian bug mentioned in comment #4 is https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=793837.
Also note that the workaround mentioned in #15 does not (AFAICT from https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/blob/master/ntpdate/ntpdate.c) use the SNTP protocol, so it does not serve identical function as the sntp tool. Installing package rdate will give you the rdate tool which can retrieve time using the SNTP protocol using its -n option (-p here for just printing the retrieved date): $ rdate -n -p ntp.ubuntu.com Wed May 24 13:14:52 UTC 2017 Also note that on Ubuntu 16.04 by default time synchronization has been taken over by systemd's timesyncd (man systemd-timesyncd), so neither package ntp (with execs ntpd and missing sntp) or package ntpdate are necessary for a machine to synchronize its time against a NTP server. Read something about that in https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/NTP.html which is a fine intermingled mess of ntpd and timesyncd instructions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ntp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1604010 Title: sntp missing Status in ntp package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in ntp package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: In Ubuntu 16.04, the binary file /usr/bin/sntp is missing from the package ntp. The associated man page /usr/share/man/man1/sntp.1.gz is still included. How to reproduce: $ sudo apt-get install ntp $ dpkg-query -L ntp | grep sntp /usr/share/man/man1/sntp.1.gz Expected result: /usr/bin/sntp was included in Ubuntu 14.04: $ dpkg-query -L ntp | grep sntp /usr/bin/sntp /usr/share/man/man1/sntp.1.gz The sntp program remains a very useful tool for interactively testing on the command line the offset of the local clock to a remote NTP server (like "ntpdate -qu [ntp-server]" previously). It should be included in the same package as its man page. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1604010/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
