[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#481049: Bug#481049: ntpdate-debian not handled consistently at if-up

[Drew Parsons]

On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 16:38 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Drew Parsons wrote:
> > /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate first checks for
> > /lib/udev/hotplug.functions and performs a
> > "wait_for_file /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian".
> >
> > Only after this does it check if /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian is in fact
> > present.
> 
> > Therefore existence of ntpdate-debian should be tested before trying
> > to wait for it!
> 
> This report is nonsensical, because all wait_for_file does is check if the 
> file exists a few times.  Therefore, the change you propose is either a no-op 
> or would break things, depending on what you actually meant.

Did you actually read the report, or just look for things to nitpick
instead?

What I want is for the message 
"/usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian did not appear before the timeout!"
to never appear when I bring up an interface, after ntpdate has been
removed.

Drew