I'm building a new Ubuntu 16.04 machine, including Dovecot. When I select the dovecot-core package in Synaptic, it also wants to install ntpdate.
Problem: ntpdate has been replaced in Ubuntu with timedatectl. In fact, if ntpdate exists on the machine, ntpd will not work properly. See: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/NTP.html See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/769651/ntp-failed-to-synchronize-time See: https://ubuntu101.co.za/ubuntu/fix-ntp-on-ubuntu-16-starting-crashing/ http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-and-configure-network-time-protocol-ntp-se rverclients-on-ubuntu-16-04-server.html . and more Indeed, I had to remove ntpdate in order to make ntpd work. I don't want to break ntpd. Now the dovecot-core package evidently requires ntpdate. I can't imagine why this dependency would exist. And I presume this dependency will prevent me from removing ntpdate after I install dovecot-core. Is the Debian package maintainer on the list? I don't know what to do. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Michael
