I checked with latest upstream and this is still true.
** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773007
Title:
sntp return code is not EXIT_FAILURE when hostname query is not
successful
Status in ntp package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
# sntp abc
sntp 4.2.8p10@1.3728-o (1)
kod_init_kod_db(): Cannot open KoD db file /var/db/ntp-kod: No such file or
directory
abc lookup error Temporary failure in name resolution
echo $?
0
from the manpage for sntp:
EXIT STATUS
One of the following exit values will be returned:
0 (EXIT_SUCCESS)
Successful program execution.
1 (EXIT_FAILURE)
The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.
66 (EX_NOINPUT)
A specified configuration file could not be loaded.
70 (EX_SOFTWARE)
libopts had an internal operational error. Please report
it to auto‐
gen-us...@lists.sourceforge.net. Thank you.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: sntp 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-5ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 23 19:53:29 2018
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ntp
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.ntp.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.ntp.conf: 2018-05-23T19:24:22.724839
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