[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#731976: Bug#731976: ntpdate: Please use flock(1) in /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:26:32PM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> Package: ntpdate
> Version: 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-2
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> the code in /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate tries to prevent parallel
> excution of ntpdate-debian by perusing the lockfile-progs package. If
> this is not installed - and it seldom is here -,

You know there is a:
Recommends: lockfile-progs

I didn't know about flock(1), will look in to it.


Kurt