[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#481049: Bug#481049: ntpdate-debian not handled consistently at if-up

[Peter Eisentraut]

Drew Parsons wrote:
> /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate first checks for
> /lib/udev/hotplug.functions and performs a
> "wait_for_file /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian".
>
> Only after this does it check if /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian is in fact
> present.

> Therefore existence of ntpdate-debian should be tested before trying
> to wait for it!

This report is nonsensical, because all wait_for_file does is check if the 
file exists a few times.  Therefore, the change you propose is either a no-op 
or would break things, depending on what you actually meant.