Package: ntpdate Version: 1:4.2.6.p2+dfsg-1+b1 Severity: normal I have the following problem:
$ ntpdate-debian 14 Feb 03:31:19 ntpdate[22720]: no servers can be used, exiting The details of the failure: $ sh -x /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian + set -e + [ -r /etc/default/ntpdate ] + . /etc/default/ntpdate + NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF=yes + NTPSERVERS=0.debian.pool.ntp.org 1.debian.pool.ntp.org 2.debian.pool.ntp.org 3.debian.pool.ntp.org + NTPOPTIONS= + [ yes = yes ] + [ -r /var/lib/ntp/ntp.conf.dhcp ] + [ -r /etc/ntp.conf ] + file=/etc/ntp.conf + break + [ -n /etc/ntp.conf ] + sed -rne s/^(servers?|peer) ([-_.:[:alnum:]]+).*$/\2/p /etc/ntp.conf + grep -v ^127\.127\. + NTPSERVERS=-4 -4 -4 -4 + exec /usr/sbin/ntpdate -4 -4 -4 -4 14 Feb 03:32:21 ntpdate[22737]: no servers can be used, exiting I have in my /etc/ntp.conf file: server -4 0.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst server -4 1.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst server -4 2.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst server -4 3.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst (because my ADSL modem-router doesn't support IPv6), and the script takes the -4 qualifier instead of the hostname. I think the sed line should be replaced by: sed -rne 's/^(servers?|peer) +(-[46] +)?([-_.:[:alnum:]]+).*$/\3/p' /etc/ntp.conf -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages ntpdate depends on: ii dpkg 1.15.8.10 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.11.2-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcap2 1:2.20-1 support for getting/setting POSIX. ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-5 SSL shared libraries ii netbase 4.45 Basic TCP/IP networking system Versions of packages ntpdate recommends: ii lockfile-progs 0.1.15 Programs for locking and unlocking ntpdate suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

