Public bug reported:
Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus development branch)
ntpd version: 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu3
Source available at: http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/xenial/ntp
Using the local clock as a source for ntpd doesn't work anymore
This appears to have already been fixed in 4.2.8p5 as per
Tested and confirmed it's working now.
There appears to be a behavioural change from 4.2.6 to 4.2.8 when using
the local clock as a source.
In 4.2.6 the sync would be almost instantaneous while on 4.2.8 it will
poll itself for a while before syncing as if it were an external
resource.
I was
