On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 7:23 PM Martin-Éric Racine
<martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 2:13 PM Shengjing Zhu <z...@debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 7:09 PM Martin-Éric Racine
> > <martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 1:58 PM Shengjing Zhu <z...@debian.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 6:53 PM Martin-Éric Racine
> > > > <martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 1:36 PM Shengjing Zhu <z...@debian.org> wrote:
> > > > > > Package: dhcpcd-base
> > > > > > Version: 9.4.1-21
> > > > > > Severity: important
> > > > > > X-Debbugs-Cc: z...@debian.org
> > > > > >
> > > > > > For bookworm ntpsec has replaced the old ntp.
> > > > > > See https://bugs.debian.org/1003966
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  ntpsec (1.2.1+dfsg1-5) experimental; urgency=medium
> > > > > >  .
> > > > > >    * Add ntpd.service alias
> > > > > >    * Add ntp transitional packages (Closes: 1003966)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now the hook is wrong to assume the existence of /etc/ntp.conf and
> > > > > > /run/ntp.conf.dhcp
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you file a bug report upstream?  As of 10.0.1-1 (pending upload),
> > > > > I have deprecated Debian's NTP hooks and use upstream's NTP hooks
> > > > > instead. Any missing support for alternative NTP daemons would be best
> > > > > filed there.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > It's filed for version 9.4.1-21, which is going to be included in
> > > > Debian Bookworm. However ntpd has been replaced by ntpsec in Debian
> > > > Bookworm. So the hook is wrong now. And the hook is a Debian specific
> > > > patch.
> > > > If you don't want to continue supporting ntpsec, I would suggest
> > > > removing this non-working hook for Bookworm (and its autopkgtest).
> > >
> > > I'm not gonna introduce any change to the package for Bookworm this
> > > late into the freeze.
> > >
> >
> > However this is a real bug for Bookworm. Shipping non-working parts is
> > worse than non-support.
> > ntpsec taking over ntpd already happens for Bookworm.
>
> If you want to have ntpsec support in Bookworm, please submit a patch
> to add ntpsec support to the current hooks and ask the Bookworm
> release manager for an exemption to the freeze.

TBH I really don't use ntpsec. I just looked through this package and
its autopkgtest.

Why do you think patching ntpsec is the right thing here?
There is no old ntpd in Bookworm anymore, it's already been removed.
You include a non-working patch in dhcpcd and an always failing
autopkgtest. What's the benefit for the quality?

-- 
Shengjing Zhu

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