[Bug 347881] Re: dovecot-imapd incompatible with ntpdate use

[Scott Moser]

I would personally think this is an issue with ntpdate, specifically
with its hook in if-up.d.  time shouldn't really run backwards.

I'm looking at karmic, that script (/etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate) says:

| # This is a heuristic:  The idea is that if a static interface is brought
| # up, that is a major event, and we can put in some extra effort to fix
| # the system time.  Feel free to change this, especially if you regularly
| # bring up new network interfaces.
| if [ "$METHOD" = static ]; then
|    OPTS="-b"
| fi

So, that can easily enough be commented out. However, I'd think this
should be more specifically configurable (/etc/default/ntpdate perhaps),
and personally think the default should be to not run backwards except
on first boot.

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dovecot-imapd incompatible with ntpdate use
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/347881
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