Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2014-09-02 Thread David Mohr
Package: ntpdate Version: 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3.1 Followup-For: Bug #484974 Dear Maintainer, I also think this is a problem, specially on hosts with a lot of alias interfaces. This may possibly be related to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=647465 and

Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2014-09-02 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 11:10:03AM -0600, David Mohr wrote: I also think this is a problem, specially on hosts with a lot of alias interfaces. I would like to point out that it's been possible to add multiple IPs to a single interfance for a very long time now, but I'm not sure the interfaces

Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2014-09-02 Thread Pierre Colombier
The main problem is with tap or tun interfaces related with virtual machines on Xen hosts. It this triggers a time sync on dom0. This can cause a time leap on all VMs (and it can cause great problems with databases if it's a leap backwards) Le 02/09/2014 20:12, Kurt Roeckx a écrit : I would

Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2008-07-14 Thread Josip Rodin
(Please note that mailing nnn@bugs doesn't reach the bug submitter. I only saw this after a manual lookup.) On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:18:24PM -0400, Steve Kostecke wrote: Peter Eisentraut said: What are you using ntpdate for? A better question is why are you using ntpdate at all?

Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: Bug#484974: Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2008-07-14 Thread Steve Kostecke
Josip Rodin said: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:18:24PM -0400, Steve Kostecke wrote: A better question is why are you using ntpdate at all? [snip] I answered this earlier, but here goes one more time: I use ntpdate for its exact simplest purpose - setting the clock ad hoc from a specified NTP

Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: Bug#484974: Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2008-07-14 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 08:58:32AM -0400, Steve Kostecke wrote: I answered this earlier, but here goes one more time: I use ntpdate for its exact simplest purpose - setting the clock ad hoc from a specified NTP server. The machine doesn't have ntpd installed, and I either don't want it at all,

Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2008-06-18 Thread Steve Kostecke
Peter Eisentraut said: What are you using ntpdate for? A better question is why are you using ntpdate at all? Besides the diagnostics that ntpdate can produce, the only advantage ntpdate has over ntpd is that ntpdate can use an unpriviledged source port and ntpd currently can not. ntpd can

Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2008-06-16 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Am Montag, 16. Juni 2008 schrieb Josip Rodin: I don't want to have to go rm the conffile or remove the package on N machines just because of whatever happens on the some random desktop... Desktop users might say the opposite. I think you are just going to have to live with the default

Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2008-06-16 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:21:08AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: Am Montag, 16. Juni 2008 schrieb Josip Rodin: I don't want to have to go rm the conffile or remove the package on N machines just because of whatever happens on the some random desktop... Desktop users might say the

Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2008-06-15 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Josip Rodin 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. Unless you can provide a concrete reason why the current behavior is really harmful, I am hesitant to add more special rules based on

Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2008-06-15 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:10:59AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: Josip Rodin 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. Unless you can provide a concrete reason why the current behavior

Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2008-06-15 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Josip Rodin wrote: So, where is the demand for ntpdate to be run on eth* interfaces? All I see is people asking for it with PPP connections (typically, dialups and/or desktops). Why aren't we doing this for ppp interfaces only? It seemed like a useful generalization. PPP use has declined much

Bug#484974: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2008-06-15 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 01:43:18AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: Josip Rodin wrote: So, where is the demand for ntpdate to be run on eth* interfaces? All I see is people asking for it with PPP connections (typically, dialups and/or desktops). Why aren't we doing this for ppp interfaces

Bug#484974: ntpdate's ip-up script runs even for virtual interfaces

2008-06-07 Thread Josip Rodin
Package: ntpdate Version: 1:4.2.2.p4+dfsg-2 Hi, /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. Please fix this. TIA. (I see little reason for it to run by default on the bringing up of eth0, but that's