[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces
Peter Eisentraut
peter_e at gmx.net
Sun Jun 15 22:10:59 UTC 2008
Josip Rodin wrote:
> /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate runs even if you bring up a virtual interface
> like eth0:5; I don't see any reason why it should ever do that.
Unless you can provide a concrete reason why the current behavior is really
harmful, I am hesitant to add more special rules based on singular demand.
Everyone's network is different, so we should keep the default simple.
Usually, if we make changes like this, someone else will soon not like it and
request the opposite behavior.
Also, in the iproute world, one doesn't use virtual interfaces but instead
adds multiple IP addresses to one interface. I am not sure how that should
be handled under your theory.
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