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

[Aurelien Jarno]

control: severity -1 important

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:45:25PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> 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 -,

With the switch to systemd by default, the problem appears at almost all
boots, even with -u is not added to /etc/default/ntpdate.

> You know there is a:
> Recommends: lockfile-progs

The problem now affects all users using systemd which is the default for
Jessie. In that case a Recommends: is clearly not enough. I am therefore
bumping the severity of this bug.

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

I'll see if I can come with a patch.

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