[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#439734: Bug#439734: ntp does not support the "dynamic" option in /etc/ntp.conf

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 02:12:40AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: ntp
> Version: 1:4.2.4p3+dfsg-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> After I did an upgrade on 2007-08-17 (including to ntp 1:4.2.4p3+dfsg-1,
> as said by /var/log/dpkg.log), I rebooted my machine with the Ethernet
> cable unplugged. I noticed a few hours ago that ntpd had no peers; they
> were probably discarded at startup time. My /etc/ntp.conf file (last
> modified on 2007-05-10) has:
> 
> server 0.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst dynamic
> server 1.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst dynamic
> server 2.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst dynamic
> server 3.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst dynamic
> 
> So, it seems that the "dynamic" option is still ignored or doesn't
> work correctly (or there's some other bug, but I don't know the
> reason).

The reason is that dns didn't work, so it never added those.  I think
I've seen an upstream report about it.


Kurt