[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#410415: ntpdate unable to maintain stable time

[clayton]

Package: ntpdate
Version: 1:4.2.2.p4+dfsg-1
Severity: normal


This is the behavior I am experiencing:

10 Feb 04:46:56 ntpdate[9287]: step time server 195.234.188.3 offset -6975.269708 sec
10 Feb 06:08:48 ntpdate[13281]: step time server 80.127.4.179 offset -2070.299497 sec
10 Feb 06:33:20 ntpdate[13312]: step time server 80.127.4.179 offset -598.189759 sec
10 Feb 06:40:20 ntpdate[13330]: step time server 192.87.106.3 offset -175.634248 sec
10 Feb 06:42:28 ntpdate[13338]: step time server 193.120.10.3 offset -65.128482 sec
10 Feb 06:43:01 ntpdate[13346]: step time server 195.234.188.3 offset -23.416226 sec
10 Feb 10:53:35 ntpdate[13550]: step time server 88.191.57.67 offset -6574.393654 sec
10 Feb 16:00:30 ntpdate[13888]: step time server 81.56.137.26 offset -9767.868466 sec
10 Feb 17:41:58 ntpdate[13980]: step time server 129.240.64.3 offset -3671.254720 sec
10 Feb 18:19:16 ntpdate[14035]: step time server 193.120.142.71 offset -1438.898555 
sec
10 Feb 18:34:34 ntpdate[14053]: step time server 147.231.100.5 offset -532.686510 sec
10 Feb 18:39:53 ntpdate[14075]: step time server 82.225.155.84 offset -196.716591 sec
10 Feb 18:41:49 ntpdate[14092]: step time server 147.231.100.5 offset -87.068999 sec
10 Feb 18:42:30 ntpdate[14100]: step time server 82.225.155.84 offset -37.278993 sec
10 Feb 18:42:56 ntpdate[14104]: step time server 82.225.155.84 offset -21.930892 sec
10 Feb 18:43:01 ntpdate[14108]: step time server 82.225.155.84 offset -5.422192 sec
10 Feb 22:16:54 ntpdate[14392]: step time server 195.46.36.1 offset -8775.233304 sec

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-tp600e.3
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages ntpdate depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.6.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap1                     1:1.10-14    support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libssl0.9.8                 0.9.8c-4     SSL shared libraries
ii  netbase                     4.29         Basic TCP/IP networking system

ntpdate recommends no packages.

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