[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#574335: Bug#574335: Bug#574335: ntpd shouldn't be started automatically

[Steve Kostecke]

Kurt Roeckx said:

>On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 01:33:59PM +0000, Bruce Cran wrote:
>> Package: ntp
>> Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-8lenny3
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Installing the ntp package results in ntpd being started at the end
>> of the installation. This shouldn't happen because ntpd steps the
>> clock forward or back and breaks certain applications such as dovecot
>> that rely of a stable clock.
>
>As far as I know, the installer already sets your clock before it's
>doing any installation. Ntp also doesn't get installed by default as
>far as I know. So I'm not sure what you think should get changed.

Perhaps these "time sensitive" packages should have a pre-dependency on
ntpd.

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Steve Kostecke <kostecke at ntp.org>
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