Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

[Tore Anderson]

* Peter Eisentraut

> Well, I don't know what Ubuntu has done or does, but the current
> behavior was requested in Debian bug reports.  If we don't run ntpdate
> on ifup, when would we run it?

  During boot, after the network is normally started, and before system
 services are started.  If there's no network available before services
 are started, the clock should not be stepped by ntpdate at all.  IMHO.

Regards
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Tore Anderson