[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#478655: 'ntpdlockfile creation failed' on system boot

[Kiko Piris]

Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-4
Severity: normal


On system boot, ntp init script stalls for a very long time and then prints
this error (?) :

Starting NTP server: ntpdlockfile creation failed

ntp server seems to start just fine, but complete boot process is delayed for a
very long time.

Stopping and starting the service after boot does not produce any visible
error.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ntp depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.107      add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                         2.7-10     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap1                       1:1.10-14  support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libreadline5                  5.2-3      GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8                   0.9.8g-8   SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                      3.2-11     Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  netbase                       4.32       Basic TCP/IP networking system

Versions of packages ntp recommends:
ii  perl                          5.8.8-12   Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

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