Bug#378480: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#378480: should not run init script from postinst and prerm

[Peter Eisentraut]

Marcel Sebek wrote:
> Because ntpdate sets clock by jump (settimeofday), not by slow
> synchronization (adjtime).

What does that have to do with whether start or restart is called?

> And why I suggest removing the call at all? Suppose this: Somebody
> have ntp server installed and ntpdate has only to be run on startup.
> If he upgrades ntpdate, ntp server might get confused when some other
> program touches system time.

If ntpd is running, ntpdate doesn't do anything.