[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#502864: closed by Peter Eisentraut <petere at debian.org> (Re: Bug#502864: ntpdate: if-up.d file is missing wait_for_file)
Peter T. Breuer
ptb at inv.it.uc3m.es
Thu Apr 23 18:15:07 UTC 2009
"Also sprach Debian Bug Tracking System:"
> I'm closing this bug as there was no response and the circumstances sound
> implausible.
Response to what? This was sent out in 2005!!!
Circumstances? Implausible? What?
The script at that time simply refered to a routine that it hadn't
defined.
I have no idea if it was rectified later.
But you can save the insults! I troubled to report the bug and write
the missing routine.
> 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
>
> -- 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.
>
> -- no debconf information
Peter
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