Package: ntpsec-ntpdate
Version: 1.2.0+dfsg1-4
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
ntpdate is documented as accepting option "-d" but does in fact reject
it.
$ man ntpdate | grep debugging\ mode
-d Enable the debugging mode, in which ntpdate will go through all
$ ntpdate -d -v time.loc
Illegal option -d
...
$ grep getopt /usr/sbin/ntpdate
while getopts 46a:bBe:k:no:p:qst:uv opt
$ grep getopt /usr/sbin/ntpdate | sed -e 's/[^d]*//'
$ echo no d here
I would suggest to add "d" to the getopt like:
---8<---
--- /usr/sbin/ntpdate.oorig 2021-09-21 12:45:55.189280225 +0200
+++ /usr/sbin/ntpdate 2021-09-21 12:46:52.509374336 +0200
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ TIMEOUT="-t 1"
setclock=yes
echo=no
log=no
-while getopts 46a:bBe:k:no:p:qst:uv opt
+while getopts 46a:bBde:k:no:p:qst:uv opt
do
case $opt in
4) PASSTHROUGH="$PASSTHROUGH -4";;
---8<---
which would work as expected:
$ ntpdate -d -v time.loc
ntpdig: querying 192.168.100.46 (time.loc)
org t1: e4f436a0.3d2e1000 rec t2: e4f436a0.3d7b7648
xmt t3: e4f436a0.3d842762 dst t4: e4f436a0.3db9f000
org t1: 1632221216.238984 rec t2: 1632221216.240165
xmt t3: 1632221216.240298 dst t4: 1632221216.241118
rec-org t21: 0.001181 xmt-dst t34: -0.000821
{"time":"2021-09- .....
TIA
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages ntpsec-ntpdate depends on:
ii netbase 6.3
ii python3 3.9.2-3
ii python3-ntp 1.2.0+dfsg1-4
ntpsec-ntpdate recommends no packages.
ntpsec-ntpdate suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- /usr/sbin/ntpdate.oorig 2021-09-21 12:45:55.189280225 +0200
+++ /usr/sbin/ntpdate 2021-09-21 12:46:52.509374336 +0200
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ TIMEOUT="-t 1"
setclock=yes
echo=no
log=no
-while getopts 46a:bBe:k:no:p:qst:uv opt
+while getopts 46a:bBde:k:no:p:qst:uv opt
do
case $opt in
4) PASSTHROUGH="$PASSTHROUGH -4";;
