On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 22:35 +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > He says he somehow ended up with a blank /etc/ntp.conf file, which > shouldn't happen.
Thanks Kurt, on further investigation I realize that the ntpdate package does not distribute an ntp.conf file, blank or otherwise. I think the blank ntp.conf file I observe is a symptom of bug #397648, which has been forwarded upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449267 Unfortunately neither bug #397648 nor the upstream bug show any recent activity : ( After deleting the blank ntp.conf file and without manually reconfiguring /etc/default/ntpdate, I can run ntpdate-debian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

