[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#540694: Bug#540694: /etc/init.d/ntp: stop action just kills daemon; redundant with sendsigs

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 10:36:08AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Package: ntp
> Version: 1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-2
> Severity: normal
> File: /etc/init.d/ntp
> 
> "/etc/init.d/ntp stop" just sends a signal to ntp.  Thus, it doesn't
> need to run at all; sendsigs will already signal all running processes
> shortly afterward during the shutdown/reboot process.  Please remove all
> the runlevels from the "Default-Stop" section of the init script header,
> so that /etc/init.d/ntp does not run at shutdown/reboot.

You mean it should be replaced by just runlevel 1, and remove
0 and 6?


Kurt