Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: why this if-up.d/ntpdate thing ????

2012-02-19 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On ons, 2012-02-15 at 14:37 +0100, Pierre Colombier wrote: /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate runs even if you bring up a virtual interface like eth0:5; I don't see any reason why it should ever do that. I think ntpd is a service and should start with the system but on the other end, I think

Bug#484974: why this if-up.d/ntpdate thing ????

2012-02-15 Thread Pierre Colombier
/etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate runs even if you bring up a virtual interface like eth0:5; I don't see any reason why it should ever do that. Anayway, i don't see any real good reason to trigger ntpdate when network interfaces are going up. I understand it can be useful on workstations with