[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#818846: ntpd failed at boot (unable to bind to wildcard address :: - another process may be running)

[Vincent Lefevre]

Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3+b1
Severity: normal

ntp failed at boot:

Mar 18 14:39:13 ypig ntpd[1956]: ntpd 4.2.8p4 at 1.3265-o Tue Nov  3 02:26:54 UTC 2015 (1): Starting
Mar 18 14:39:13 ypig ntpd[1956]: Command line: /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g -c /var/lib/ntp/ntp.conf.dhcp -u 113:121
Mar 18 14:39:14 ypig ntpd[2210]: proto: precision = 0.072 usec (-24)
Mar 18 14:39:14 ypig ntpd[2210]: unable to bind to wildcard address :: - another process may be running - EXITING

I had to start it manually.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, 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      3.114
ii  dpkg         1.18.4
ii  libc6        2.22-3
ii  libcap2      1:2.24-12
ii  libedit2     3.1-20150325-1+b1
ii  libopts25    1:5.18.7-3
ii  libssl1.0.2  1.0.2g-1
ii  lsb-base     9.20160110
ii  netbase      5.3

Versions of packages ntp recommends:
ii  perl  5.22.1-9

Versions of packages ntp suggests:
ii  ntp-doc  1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3

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