[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#635752: ntp: Please include systemd service file

[Karl Schmidt]

Please stay on the topic of this bug. ntp is not going away - can we please see this fix migrated 
into testing?

I have tried the fix provided by Alexandre Detiste above and it appears to work(jessie).

/lib/systemd/system/ntp.service
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   [Unit]
   Description=Network Time Protocol daemon
   After=network.target

   [Service]
+ EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/ntp
   ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/ntpconf
   ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ntpd -n $NTPD_OPTS -u ntp:ntp -c /var/lib/ntp/ntp.conf

   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target

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The current package spews errors in the log -
 >>> ERRORS <<<
Sep  3 21:41:28 malaysia ntpd_intres[2463]: host name not found: 0.debian.pool.ntp.org
Sep  3 21:41:28 malaysia ntpd_intres[2463]: host name not found: 1.debian.pool.ntp.org
Sep  3 21:41:28 malaysia ntpd_intres[2463]: host name not found: 2.debian.pool.ntp.org
Sep  3 21:41:28 malaysia ntpd_intres[2463]: host name not found: 3.debian.pool.ntp.org
  >>> END ERRORS <<<<

The added ntp.service file  apparently fixes it.



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