[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Missing sntp binary in stretch

[Bernhard Schmidt]

On 17.07.2017 16:20, Mark Hymers wrote:

Hi Mark,

> #793837 refers to the missing sntp binary in ntp and has been resolved
> in unstable.  The sntp binary was in the ntp binary package for jessie
> (even if by mistake) and will be again for buster, so the absence is
> something of a regression.  If I prepare a stable update patch for NTP
> and send it over, would you consider asking SRM for a point release
> update to add it back in stretch?  The fact it's missing (for just this
> release) is causing me a few problems with custom initramfs build scripts
> so I have an incentive to help get it fixed.

Hum, I'm not sure this can be considered stable material, especially
since in Buster sntp is in a seperate binary package, which I'm sure we
cannot introduce in Stretch now. So this would be another headache to
take care of for migrations.

I think the patch would be trivial
(https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-ntp/pkg-ntp.git/commit/?id=94f4338f6cc7922f7618144f382e005159e4e1fe
plus installing into /usr/bin, since that is where Buster has it). If
I'm not mistaken the Breaks/Replaces from
https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-ntp/pkg-ntp.git/commit/?id=134712e5914b3edca0cf241945fe71629def9df2
should work (because 1.4.8p10+dfsg-3+exp3 is higher than a potential
+deb9u1).

Kurt, what do you think?

Bernhard