[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#833136: Bug#833136: ntpdate has the same problem as ntp in Bug#461461. ntpdate starts before dhcpclient finishes

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 02:47:33AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
> Package: ntpdate
> Version: 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-7+deb8u2
> Severity: important
> 
> during system startup ntpdate starts before dhcpclient finishes.  hence ntpdate can't find its server so it dies and fails to set the clock.

ntpdate only gets called when the network is up, it does not get
started during boot.


Kurt