[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#514318: Bug#514318: lockfile can cause long startup delays, questionable benefit

[martin f krafft]

retitle 514318 please remove ntpdate, which is deprecated
reassign 514318 ntpdate

also sprach Steve Kostecke <kostecke at ntp.org> [2009.03.24.2205 +0100]:
> ntpdate is deprecated by The NTP Project.
> 
> The recommended replacement for ntpdate for the initial clock
> setting is to start ntpd with the '-g' option (which allows ntpd
> to make one step exceeding the panic threshold).

The Debian package adds -g by default since 4.2.2. I am reassigning
this bug report to ntpdate to trigger its removal.

ntpdate maintainers: please advise if you want me to assign to
ftp-master directly.

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