Package: adjtimex Version: 1.29-3 Severity: normal The postinst script for the adjtimex package insists on running adjtimex to perform some clock adjustment. This is silly. At the time the package is installed or upgraded, the system is already running, quite likely with the clock already well regulated (especially if this was an upgrade). In my case, I'm regulating the clock with ntpd, so adjtimex should never be automatically run outside the boot sequence. The postinst script should not be performing any clock adjustment.
It seems that, as with ntpdate in Bug#714997, the package is conflating the desire to install a tool with the desire to use it in a particular way. adjtimex is useful for much more than just the automatic adjustment that the postinst script contemplates. I use it mainly in read-only mode to watch what in fine detail what ntpd and the kernel are doing with the clock. -zefram -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-qa-packages-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150513132333.ga17...@fysh.org
