It's actually not as much a race as a straight-up dead-lock. ntpdate tries to use the same lockfile as ntpd, and ntpdate calls ntpd stop/start, which blocks, waiting for the lock that ntpdate just created.
** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Target: None => intrepid-alpha-5 -- ntp init script started multiple times - causing 180 seconds wait on boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246203 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs