> The hosts in question were upgraded from prior LTS, so they would have inherited ntpdate from there.
Thanks. We didn't have it removed for upgraders, so I guess that's not happening by any other mechanism. I'm not sure we should do that either. The only packaging mechanisms I can think of would also mean that users of newer releases wouldn't be able to install ntpdate at all, and I don't think we want that. I'll rename this bug to track your specific case ("I upgraded from an older release, ntpdate remained, and it causes trouble"). If anyone else hits this, please mark yourself as affected by this bug (link for logged in users near the top left of the page). If your scenario is essentially the same but under a difference circumstance, please note it here. ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged ** Summary changed: - ntpd startup failures under xenial + ntpdate remains after upgrade to Xenial and causes problems with ntpd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1649729 Title: ntpdate remains after upgrade to Xenial and causes problems with ntpd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1649729/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs