[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#873057: Bug#873057: ntp: ntpd not started at boot

[Bernhard Schmidt]

On 24.08.2017 10:31, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:

>> I have an installation of Debian testing with ntp installed on it. With
>> ntp version 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-3 and earlier, ntpd was started during boot,
>> but with 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-4 and -5, ntpd isn't started (which BTW is far
>> from obvious; I became aware of the issue only after I noticed that the
>> machine's clock had drifted about a minute from the correct time). If I
>> copy /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service to /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service
>> and comment out the line "Conflicts=systemd-timesyncd.service" then ntpd
>> is started again, so I suggest that you remove that line. It shouldn't
>> be necessary for ntp to conflict with timesyncd anyway, because the file
>> /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf
>> checks if /usr/sbin/ntpd exists, and doesn't start timesyncd if it does.
> 
> Thanks for your report. I have tested this on a new Buster installation.
> Indeed systemd-timesyncd is running by default (which I think was not
> the case with Stretch). 

Has been the case with Stretch already, but ntp did not ship a systemd unit.

Still it works for me, so please provide the requested data.

Bernhard