[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#778564: Bug#778564: Should be possible to preseed ntp server

[Ian Jackson]

Kurt Roeckx writes ("Re: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#778564: Should be possible to preseed ntp server"):
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 06:10:32PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Package: ntp
> > Version: 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-2+deb7u1
> > 
> > I did a preseeded installation of wheezy with
> >    d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ntp.uk.xensource.com
> 
> As far as I know that is for the "clock-setup" package, not
> anything related to ntp.  I think it currently only sets the clock
> correct once and doesn't put that value in any config file we
> could use.

That is indeed used by "clock-setup" which is a udeb.  It sets the
clock with ntpdate in the installer environment.

Obviously it would be best if there were one preseed setting which
worked both during d-i and in the real install.

> > I'm not sure where exactly this should be fixed.  ntp.conf is a
> > dpkg-handled conffile in ntp in wheezy so I think at the very least
> > ntp needs to change.
> 
> An alternative is to send the ntp servers using DHCP.  In that
> case we generate a new config file (with other name) and replace
> the servers in it.  This currently seems to be broken when using
> netwerk-manager though.

DHCP is sometimes an alternative, yes.  I hope you agree though that
it should be possible to do this via preseeding, and that is what this
report is about.

Thanks,
Ian.