[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#482605: /etc/defaults/ntpdate went missing

[David Loyall]

Package: ntpdate
Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-5

The file /etc/default/ntpdate is missing from the -5 package.  The -3
package has it.

As you can see:
http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/ntpdate/filelist
vs.
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/i386/ntpdate/filelist

Without that file, I get the following when invoking ntpdate-debian:
  root at appserver:~# ntpdate-debian
  23 May 15:23:31 ntpdate[11767]: no servers can be used, exiting

And here's some other information:
root at appserver:~# dpkg --status ntpdate
Package: ntpdate
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 196
Maintainer: Debian NTP Team <pkg-ntp-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-5
Depends: netbase, libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libcap1, libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8f-5)
Recommends: lockfile-progs
Conffiles:
 /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate 8111d92d68761e1542143f459b912848
 /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/ntpdate 714c145c22765fdfef242d456307e1c4
 /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/ntpdate 8fc5628e78c8b27667ff8b9e8ab99c30
Description: client for setting system time from NTP servers
 NTP, the Network Time Protocol, is used to keep computer clocks
 accurate by synchronizing them over the Internet or a local network,
 or by following an accurate hardware receiver that interprets GPS,
 DCF-77, NIST or similar time signals.
 .
 ntpdate is a simple NTP client that sets a system's clock to match
 the time obtained by communicating with one or more NTP servers.  It
 is not sufficient, however, for maintaining an accurate clock in the
 long run.  ntpdate by itself is useful for occasionally setting the
 time on machines that do not have full-time network access, such as
 laptops.
 .
 If the full NTP daemon from the package "ntp" is installed, then
 ntpdate is not necessary.
Homepage: http://ntp.isc.org/

Hope this helps,
--Dave Loyall
http://www.the-good-guys.net