On Thu, 2 Jul 2026 12:07:15 +0300 =?UTF-8?Q?Martin=2D=C3=89ric_Racine?= <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:18:34 +0300 > =?UTF-8?Q?Martin=2D=C3=89ric_Racine?= <[email protected]> > wrote: > > forwarded 1135029 > > https://github.com/openntpd-portable/openntpd-portable/issues/81 > > thanks > > > > On Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:20:03 +0200 Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Package: openntpd > > > Version: 1:6.8p1-3 > > > Severity: minor > > > > > > The ntpd(8) man page has two occurrences of "/var/lib/ntpd.drift" > > > and one occurrence of "/run/ntpd.sock". The ntpctl(8) man page also > > > has one occurrence of "/run/ntpd.sock". > > > > > > These pathnames are incorrect in Debian. The correct ones are > > > > > > /var/lib/openntpd/db/ntpd.drift > > > /var/lib/openntpd/run/ntpd.sock > > > > > > I'm actually wondering whether the second one (for both the actual > > > pathname and the reference in the man pages) should be changed to > > > /run/openntpd/ntpd.sock, though. > > > > > > I suppose that these pathnames are due to > > > > > > --localstatedir=/var/lib/openntpd > > > > > > in the debian/rules file, and that upstream should take care of > > > the --localstatedir config when installing the man pages. However, > > > I can see debian/patches/02-debianize-man-pages.patch, which > > > changes the pathnames in an incorrect way. > > > > I reported that one upstream a while back. Basically, the source code > > has hardcoded paths, so the configure options essentially have no > > effect. This should be fixed for 6.9p1. > > I have just uploaded 7.9p1-1 to unstable. It should build and > propagate to the Debian mirrors within the next 24 hours. > > Can you please let me know if this new version solves the issue?
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