[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#478655: Bug#478655: 'ntpdlockfile creation failed' on system boot

[Peter Eisentraut]

Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 schrieb Kiko Piris:
> As far as I can see, both /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate and
> /etc/init.d/ntp establish a lock on /var/lock/ntpdate.
>
> The second script to be run in my case is /etc/init.d/ntp and it keeps
> waiting on lockfile-create /var/lock/ntpdate.
>
> I can’t see anything related to ntp port. But, please, bear in mind that
> I’ve never used those locks and I could very well be mistaken).

Please see bug #436029 for the reasons this change was made.

> Anyway, if there’s really a conflict that I can’t see between those two
> packages, I think debian packaging system should reflect it.

There is no conflict, but if you run both at the same time, one has to wait.  
That is what you are seeing.