[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: Bug#484974: why this if-up.d/ntpdate thing ????

[Peter Eisentraut]

On ons, 2012-02-15 at 14:37 +0100, Pierre Colombier 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.

> I think ntpd is a service and should start with the system but on the
> other end, I think ntpdate is a time sync tool and should *not* be
> called automatically by the system unless specified in a config file. 

/etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate *is* a config file.