[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#352610: Please create a udeb for ntpdate

[Martin Michlmayr]

* Peter Eisentraut <peter_e at gmx.net> [2006-07-14 23:27]:
> ntpdate doesn't set the hardware clock, so the only thing this would
> achieve is having a good clock while the installer runs.  Is that
> useful?

Yes, otherwise we e.g. end up with a filesystem that was modified in
1970 and e2fsck will complain on the next boot.

Since I filed this bug, someone suggested that a tool other than ntp
might be better since it's smaller.  Unfortunately, I cannot remember
the name right now.  I'm CCing -boot so other people can comment, but
unless there are great ideas, I'm still interesting in having an ntp
udeb.

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Martin Michlmayr
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