Bug#889290: If NTP is installed, then systemd-timesyncd should be disabled.

Control: fixed -1 systemd 245.4-2 Control: fixed -1 ntp 1:4.2.8p14+dfsg-2 Hi, On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 18:16:58 +0100 Daniel Swarbrick wrote: > I am also witnessing multiple hosts where ntp is failing to start, > however the disable-with-time-daemon.conf file /is/ present on these > systems: > > $

Bug#889290: If NTP is installed, then systemd-timesyncd should be disabled.

I am also witnessing multiple hosts where ntp is failing to start, however the disable-with-time-daemon.conf file /is/ present on these systems: $ dpkg -S disable-with-time-daemon.conf systemd: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf System is buster

Bug#889290: If NTP is installed, then systemd-timesyncd should be disabled.

Hmmm… It appears that the systemd package in stretch (9.5) has a patch for this: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf But this is not present in buster. Curiouser and curiouser… Package: systemd

Bug#889290: If NTP is installed, then systemd-timesyncd should be disabled.

Is it possible to disable systemd-timesyncd whenever ntp is installed? Apparently, according to Jozsef’s contribution to this bug, the openntpd package has figured out how to do this. Can the same mechanism (whatever it is) be used in the ntp package? Thanks! Rick