[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#793745: ntp fails to start

[Christophe Wolfhugel]

Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.8p3+dfsg-1
Followup-For: Bug #793745

I observed the same issue with the recent update from testing, although
I narrowed this down to a possible change or bug in other packages.

On my system /etc/nsswitch.conf was set to compat for passwd/group/shadow
and I did set it (reset it, I don't know) to files to fix the issue.

Maybe a recent libnss broke things.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages ntp depends on:
ii  adduser       3.113+nmu3
ii  dpkg          1.18.1
ii  libc6         2.19-19
ii  libcap2       1:2.24-9
ii  libgcc1       1:5.1.1-14
ii  libopts25     1:5.18.6~pre3-3
ii  libreadline6  6.3-8+b3
ii  libssl1.0.0   1.0.2d-1
ii  lsb-base      4.1+Debian13+nmu1
ii  netbase       5.3

Versions of packages ntp recommends:
ii  perl  5.20.2-6

Versions of packages ntp suggests:
ii  ntp-doc  2:4.2.6.p5+cw-1

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/ntp.conf changed [not included]

-- no debconf information