[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#483148: ntp didn't correct time until /etc/default/ntp was modified with NTPSERVERS

[Bob Lounsbury]

Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.2.p4+dfsg-2
Severity: important


I installed ntp and ntpdate and then right-clicked on the gnome
clock to adjust the date and time. I set the clock to synchronize with
internet servers and picked 3 different servers. However, these actions
did not correct the time. The three servers were listed in /etc/ntp.conf
but as I stated did not correct the time. It wasn't until I added
ntpservers to /etc/default/ntp that the time was updated correctly. So
there seems to be some discrepancy as to what /etc file is actually
controlling (or should be controlling) the clock. I didn't expect to
have to edit config files to make the clock
set to the correct time. I presumed that editing the time and date
settings would fix the time but it didn't.

Cheers,
/Bob

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
 APT prefers stable
 APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages ntp depends on:
ii  adduser                3.102             Add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap1                1:1.10-14         support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libreadline5           5.2-2             GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8            0.9.8c-4etch3     SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base               3.1-23.2etch1     Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  netbase                4.29              Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii  perl                   5.8.8-7etch3      Larry Wall's Practical Extraction

ntp recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information