Bug#388328: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#388328: boot logging fix for ntpdate in /etc/init.d

[Peter Eisentraut]

Rick Thomas wrote:
> I was Poking around in /var/log/syslog recently.  I noticed that
> there was no log entry for ntpdate.  Investigating a little, I found
> that /etc/init.d/ntpdate (alias /etc/rcS.d/S51ntpdate) is called
> before syslogd gets started.

The latest ntpdate package does not contain an init script.  Please 
check with that package if you have ideas how to make the logging more 
accessible.