[Bug 83604] Re: ntpdate 1:4.2.2.p4+dfsg-1ubuntu2 has a flawed configuration file.

[Colin Watson]

Mika's patch is certainly still applicable in Natty.  I think I'm going
to go ahead and apply that; it seems common to have an empty
/etc/ntp.conf due to this (I had one myself) and this is an easy
workaround.  There's a separate bug 427775 for more general logic
problems with /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate, and a separate bug 583994
for replacing ntpdate altogether.

I'm also going to reopen the system-tools-backends task on this bug, due
to this comment in the original bug report:

  "it defaults to the ntp servers defined in /etc/ntp.conf, an empty
file; which makes debconf to *not* create a proper /etc/ntp.conf if one
decided to install ntpd on a whim"

(It's actually dpkg, not debconf, but the basic point stands.)

Because of this, system-tools-backends should take care not to create
/etc/ntp.conf as an empty file if it does not already exist.

** Changed in: system-tools-backends (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Triaged

** Changed in: system-tools-backends (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  ntpdate 1:4.2.2.p4+dfsg-1ubuntu2 has a flawed configuration file.