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[Ben Shadwick <benshadwick@xxxxxxxxx>]

@aquina:

ntpd doesn't have to be shipped with a configuration that will launch it
as a daemon. It can easily be used to do ntpdate's job without
daemonizing.

Also, the ntpd binary is actually only around 2/3 the size of the
ntpdate binary, so I think you may be backwards on which one is bloated.

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

Status in NTP:
  Invalid
Status in ntp package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in ntp package in Debian:
  Unknown

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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