Probably like the rest of you, I stumbled across this bug when I was looking for a way to remove ntpdate from my system because I'm using ntp, and I don't want the meta package to go away. Here's a workaround.
1. Install the package equivs. This is a simple tool to create trivial Debian packages. 2. Create the configuration file for the ntpdate dummy package: | $ equivs-control ntpdate-dummy 3. Open ntpdate-dummy in your favorite editor and make these changes: | Package: ntpdate-dummy | Version: 9.9 | Provides: ntpdate | Description: Fake ntpdate; see Launchpad bug 61619 4. Now build the ntpdate dummy package: | $ equivs-build ntpdate-dummy 5. Install it: | $ sudo dpkg -i ntpdate-dummy_9.9_all.deb 6. Remove ntpdate: | $ sudo apt-get purge ntpdate (Inspiration: comment #16 in bug 556372) -- 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/61619 Title: ntpdate in -minimal should have an alternative To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/61619/+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
