So I just ran face first into this bug. Unless I'm missing something, I don't think ntp being installed by default helps at all. MAAS and Juju (for the MAAS provisioner) both depend on servers having an accurate clock early in the boot process; ntpdate achieves this because it's willing to jump time; ntp is not (for valid reasons).
And, even if I'm wrong about that, we still need a fix for trusty and precise. Could we not just fix/reverse the logic in ntpdate-debian so that it prefers dhcp provided NTP servers if one is found? Or at the very least have it fallback to dhcp provided NTP if it can't find an ntp.conf? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to ntp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1257082 Title: MAAS does not use NTP servers specified in DHCPD options To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1257082/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs