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[Ben Shadwick <benshadwick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oops, I meant it the other way around: ubuntu-minimal lists ntpdate as a
dependency, such that ubuntu-minimal is uninstalled if you try to
replace ntpdate with ntpd.

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Title:
  Consider replacing ntpdate calls by 'ntpd -g'

Status in NTP:
  New
Status in “ntp” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ntp

  Given that 'ntpdate' is being obsoleted upstream [1], we should
  replace 'ntpdate' usage by:

   * ntpd -qg (if we really want to set the time and exit), or
   * ntpd-g (if we want to keep ntpd running)

  the '-q' option will set the clock once, and exit; the 'g' allows for
  large corrections to the clock, like what is done by 'ntpdate'.

  
  [1] http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/ntpdate.html

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