[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#766838: ntpdate runs before network is up

[Roger Lynn]

On 26/10/14 08:53, Torquil Macdonald Sørensen wrote:
>    4264 Oct 26 08:36:48 lenovo ntpdate[371]: Can't find host ntp.uio.no: Name or service not known (-2)

I recently noticed a similar problem caused by ntpdate being run before my
DNS server (maradns at the moment) is started. I've worked around it by
telling ntpdate not to use the ntpd configuration and giving it some IP
addresses instead. Looking at your logs it's not clear to me whether your
problem is a lack of connectivity or just no DNS, but I'm no expert.

Roger