[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#585772: /etc/init.d/ntp: Do set a dependency on $named

[Regid Ichira]

Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.6.p1+dfsg-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
File: /etc/init.d/ntp

  I recently had a parallel enabled boot sequence.  Since then, I get
the following:

    03:48:49 ntpd[1125]: ntpd 4.2.6
    03:48:49 named[1129]: starting BIND
    03:48:49 ntpd[1126]: Listen normally on 2 lo 127.0.0.1 UDP 123
    03:48:49 ntpd[1126]: getaddrinfo: "ntp_server" invalid host address,
                         ignored
    03:48:49 ntpd[1126]: restrict: error in address 'ntp_server' on
                         line 49. Ignoring...
    03:48:49 ntpd[1126]: Deferring DNS for ntp_server 1
    03:48:49 named[1129]: loading configuration from conf_file
    03:48:49 named[1129]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
    03:48:51 ntpd_intres[1140]: DNS ntp_server -> ip
    03:48:51 ntpd_intres[1140]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
    03:49:54 ntpd_intres[1140]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
    03:49:54 last message repeated 6 times

  I have eliminated lines and parts of lines in order to cut right to
the point.  I think the important thing here is the order of events,
which I did maintain.

1. I haven't looked at the source code.  Why does it claimed to be
   `permission denied' ?
2. Can ntp eventually recover without manual intervention?
3. I think the whole issue can be bypassed by having a $named
   dependency in the init file:
   3.1 Restarting ntp after the system is running is smooth.
   3.2 I think that with the old sysv dependency booting, ntp was
       started only after $named.
   3.3 exim4 init script, for example, does depened on $named.
4. I have tokens in ntp.conf that are not in the official debian conf
   file.  Does an administrator who adds them must also figure out to
   add $named to the boot dependency?
5. The patch also set a dependency on $named for Required-Stop.  I am
   not sure whether this is realy necessary.

--- /etc/init.d/ntp.dpkg-dist   2010-06-13 16:56:33.000000000 +0300
+++ /etc/init.d/ntp     2010-06-13 16:58:30.000000000 +0300
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@

 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides:        ntp
-# Required-Start:  $network $remote_fs $syslog
-# Required-Stop:   $network $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Start:  $named $network $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:   $named $network $remote_fs $syslog
 # Default-Start:   2 3 4 5
 # Default-Stop:
 # Short-Description: Start NTP daemon


 		 	   		  
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