[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#524035: /etc/ntp.conf.dhcp file is dynamic, should live in /var
martin f krafft
madduck at debian.org
Tue Apr 14 10:50:05 UTC 2009
Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-1
Severity: serious
File: /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/ntp
Changes to /etc/ntp.conf.dhcp are not preserved and the package is
thus in violation of the Debian Policy. Since the file is
dynamically generated, it should live in /var/lib/ntp or
/var/cache/ntp.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages ntp depends on:
ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups
ii libc6 2.9-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcap2 1:2.16-5 support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii libedit2 2.11~20080614-1 BSD editline and history libraries
ii libncurses5 5.7+20090404-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-16 SSL shared libraries
ii lsb-base 3.2-22 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii netbase 4.34 Basic TCP/IP networking system
Versions of packages ntp recommends:
ii perl 5.10.0-19 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
Versions of packages ntp suggests:
pn ntp-doc <none> (no description available)
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