In fact, it looks like ntpdate fails if IPv6 is not compiled in the kernel/if the IPv6 module is disabled.
That makes the program completely unusable with any NTP server which advertise any IPv6 address from IPv4-only client. It assumes that a server has only one address. It seem fairly complex to fix. severity important tags +ipv6 +upstream -- RÃmi Denis-Courmont http://www.simphalempin.com/home/