[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#643954: NTP still w/o debug support

[Florian Heigl]

Hi,

just wanted to make note this issue persists, for no obvious reason.

Without the debug mode, setting up & verifying beforehand of 

- broadcast client
- multicast client
- manycast client 
- orphan mode

is close to impossible. 

This is practically limiting Debian’s NTPd to the functionality from pre-2006. 
At least for setups where people care.

root at pi:~# cat /etc/debian_version 
7.2

root at pi:~# uname -a
Linux pi 3.6.11+ #538 PREEMPT Fri Aug 30 20:42:08 BST 2013 armv6l GNU/Linux

root at pi:~# /usr/sbin/ntpd --debug
ntpd: The ``debug-level'' option has been disabled -- this package was built using 'configure --disable--debug'
ntpd - NTP daemon program - Ver. 4.2.6p5
USAGE:  ntpd [ -<flag> [<val>] | --<name>[{=| }<val>] ]..


Note: I think it was fixed back during lenny days, but it’s too long to be really sure.
If possible, could you check, on a new release, that debug mode is working
or at least, if it’s turned off due to some grave issue, this isn’t kept as a default for the next N years.