[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#676655: /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian: Doesn't recognise tabs in ntp.conf

[Roger Lynn]

Package: ntpdate
Version: 1:4.2.6.p2+dfsg-1+b1
Severity: normal
File: /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian

Hi,

When scanning ntp.conf for servers, ntpdate-debian appears to require
precisely one space between the server or peer statement and the address.
In particular it fails to recognise addresses preceded by tabs or multiple
spaces, which means that it can fail to find any servers at all in a nicely
formatted ntp.conf file.

Thank you,

Roger


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.5
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (150, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages ntpdate depends on:
ii  dpkg                   1.15.8.12         Debian package management system
ii  libc6                  2.11.3-3          Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcap2                1:2.19-3          support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libssl0.9.8            0.9.8o-4squeeze13 SSL shared libraries
ii  netbase                4.45              Basic TCP/IP networking system

Versions of packages ntpdate recommends:
ii  lockfile-progs                0.1.15     Programs for locking and unlocking

ntpdate suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information