[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#380701: ntpdate: dpkg install fails

[Kevin Ryde]

Package: ntpdate
Version: 1:4.2.2+dfsg-1
Severity: normal

Attempting to update failed with

  Preparing to replace ntpdate 1:4.2.0a+stable-9 (using .../ntpdate_1%3a4.2.2+dfsg-1_i386.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement ntpdate ...
  Setting up ntpdate (4.2.2+dfsg-1) ...
  Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/ntpdate ...
  invoke-rc.d: initscript ntpdate, action "start" failed.
  dpkg: error processing ntpdate (--configure):
   subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 6
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   ntpdate
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Not sure where it bombs, but running "/etc/init.d/ntpdate start" exits
with code 6 because I don't have an NTPSERVERS set in
/etc/default/ntpdate; if that's what's being done.

(I don't use that setup file because I run "ntpdate some.host.name"
explicitly.  Oh, and I really don't want the time changed unless I
tell it, if that's what's being attempted.)


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-486
Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages ntpdate depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-7    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap1                       1:1.10-14  support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libssl0.9.8                   0.9.8b-2   SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                      3.1-10     Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  netbase                       4.25       Basic TCP/IP networking system

ntpdate recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
* shared/ntp/servers: