[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#878764: Bug#878764: init script does not wait for ntpd to stop

[Bernhard Schmidt]

On 16.10.2017 16:44, Kajetan Staszkiewicz wrote:

Hi,

> When issuing a restart command for ntpd the old daemon is killed and new one 
> started before the old one really terminates. The new one can't bind to 
> network as the old one is has the sockets.
> 
> This was already reported in bug #802040 and was fixed in Debian Stretch. Any 
> chance on fixing this in Jessie too?

jessie is already oldstable and will be handed over to LTS in a couple
of months. I don't think it is worth the hassle to backport this.

Any particular reason you cannot upgrade?

Bernhard