> Workaround: Uninstall package ntpdate. That also uninstalls the "ubuntu-minimal" package, which is yet another bug (at least up until 14.04).
I also think ntpdate shouldn't be started at all on ifup. openntpd and (I think) ntpd as well allow for large time adjustments on the first query (-s switch in openntpd), so ntpdate is just not needed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ntp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322518 Title: No obvious way to prevent ntpdate to be run when interface are brought up Status in ntp package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: ntpdate Package ntpdate drop a script in /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate so that it run each time an interface if brought up. While this is useful for the common case, there does not appear to be an easy way to disable this behavior, short of removing the /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate script entirely. Since the ntpdate package is part of ubuntu-minimal, removing it is not really an option. There are scenario where automatically syncronising time is not desirable, such as when using a Kerberos KDC whose time is more than five minutes apart from that offered on ntp.ubuntu.com. In this case, you would want to adjust time on your Ubuntu machine to match that of the KDC, not ntp.ubuntu.com. See bug #192597 for another example. One possible solution for that would be to have a variable declared in /etc/default/ntpdate for whether ntpdate is to be run, defaulting to true to preserve the current behavior. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/322518/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
