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[Rolf Leggewie <583994@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think going forward with this ticket instead of the much older bug
61619 is preferable.

ntpdate has been deprecated upstream for a long time as previously
pointed out. The NTP code has seen numerous security vulnerabilities and
we have to assume that ntpdate is not receiving the same scrutiny
anymore when compared to ntpd.

Setting milestone for vivid, hoping that it is not too late, yet.

** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-15.02

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

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

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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