[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#502864: ntpdate: if-up.d file is missing wait_for_file

[Peter T. Breuer]

Package: ntpdate
Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-7
Severity: normal
Tags: patch


ifup produces noise from /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate complaining about
the wait_for_file routine not being found (curiously, line 1 is
indicated).

Indeed, it is used but not defined.

A rough guess would expect it to be this routine

+ # ptb at inv.it.uc3m.es 18/10/08 add in missing wait_for_file() 
+ wait_for_file() {
+ 
+     [ -e "$1" ] && return 0
+     local count=0
+     while sleep 1; do
+         let count=count+1
+         [ -e "$1" ] && return 0
+         if [ $count -gt 60 ]; then
+             return 1
+         fi
+     done
+ }


It's used lower down ...

  # This is for the case that /usr will be mounted later.
  if [ -r /lib/udev/hotplug.functions ]; then
        . /lib/udev/hotplug.functions
        wait_for_file /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  fi

etc. etc.


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

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages ntpdate depends on:
ii  libc6                    2.7-15          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap1                  1:1.10-14build1 support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libssl0.9.8              0.9.8g-13       SSL shared libraries
ii  netbase                  4.34            Basic TCP/IP networking system

Versions of packages ntpdate recommends:
ii  lockfile-progs             0.1.11ubuntu1 Programs for locking and unlocking

ntpdate suggests no packages.

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