[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#430670: add variable to inhibit ntpdate(-debian) on ifup

[Kel Modderman]

Package: ntpdate
Version: 1:4.2.4p0+dfsg-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hi,

Please add a variable to allow ntpdate to be disabled at ifup time. I see that 
ntpdate.ifup does not source ntpdate.default, but ntpdate-debian does. 
Therefore my patch touches ntpdate-debian and not the ifup script directly.

This is useful in "live" debian environments, when we do not want live media 
(cd, usb debian portable system) to touch system wherever possible in some 
cases. Interestingly, in live environment cases timezone is often slightly 
off (timezone cannot be autodetected perfectly), or clock skew is high, and 
ntpdate touching the clock causes X to blank.

Thanks, Kel.
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