Bug#380441: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#380441: Merged ntp, ntp-server, ntp-simple, ntp-refclock into single package ntp

[Peter Eisentraut]

Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> The following packages have been kept back:
>   ntp
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> $
>
> Shouldn't an easy upgrade path be provided?

You will have to talk to the apt developers about that.  For example, 
aptitude works fine.