Bug#392325: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#392325: /etc/default/ntpdate should only contain configuration options

Peter Eisentraut peter_e at gmx.net
Wed Oct 11 11:10:59 UTC 2006


Am Mittwoch, 11. Oktober 2006 11:33 schrieb Stefanos Harhalakis:
> /etc/default/ntpdate tries to read /etc/ntp.conf. I believe that this
> should be done from the startup script insted of /etc/default/ntpdate.
> The current approach requires most users to update their
> /etc/default/ntpdate after some upgrades.

Yeah, I too have become increasingly unhappy with the amount of programming 
that now goes on in /etc/default/ntpdate.  I'm working on a solution that 
will cut down on that.




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