Package: rdate Version: 1:1.11-3 Severity: normal The Hurd port still depends on the deprecated reference 'ntpdate' to sync clocks at bootup. That reference NTP implementation was replaced by ntpsec in Debian a long time ago.
The only NTP client that still builds for Hurd is rdate. What is missing is an ifup script to issue the following command whenever the network is up: rdate -n debian.pool.ntp.org You may want to use an /etc/default/rdate to source the command options and the server. You may check <https://ftp.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-hurd-i386/main/n/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p15+dfsg-2~1.2.2+dfsg1-2+hurd.1.dsc> for ideas on how to implement this. Once rdate has implemented such an ifup script, the Hurd port will finally be able to retire its obsolete fork of ntpdate. Thanks! Martin-Éric -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers unreleased APT policy: (500, 'unreleased'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: hurd-i386 (i686-AT386) Kernel: GNU-Mach 1.8+git20240406-up-486/Hurd-0.9 Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fi:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages rdate depends on: ii libbsd0 0.12.2-1 ii libc0.3 2.38-13 rdate recommends no packages. rdate suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
