Bug#408219: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#408219: ntpd giving up on eth0 before it is initialized

[Peter Eisentraut]

Erik Thiele wrote:
> the problem now is that the dhclient sets networking parameters after
> ntpd has already started. dhclient won't restart ntpd because
> configuration hasn't changed.

So what is the actual problem?  ntp.conf.dhcp is not created, or it 
doesn't contain the right information, or ntpd is not restarted?

> this way ntpd will fail on the ip 
> adress because the ethernet is down.

Why would the ethernet be down after calling dhclient?  An why is that 
ntpd's fault?