A recent update to ntp created a new program "ntp-client" which is used to set the time at boot. During a recent upgrade, ntp stopped working and I *finially* tracked it down to ntp-client not being called at boot. Solution: run "rc-update add ntp-client default" Something that tripped me up was the fact that my /etc/ntp.conf file keeps being overwritten at boot time, and I have yet to figure out where or why (I have not seen any reference in ntp docs). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -C ntp 2. emerge ntp 3. reboot system Actual Results: time not set Expected Results: time syncronized to one of the referenced clocks. Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.8-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r4 i686 mobile AMD Duron(tm) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1,dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r6 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 8 2005, 15:59:41)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1, 2.2.3-r6 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.4_p6, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.22-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache cvs digest distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X Xaw3d acpi alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cups curl emacs emboss encode esd f77 fam flac font-server foomaticdb fortran g77 gdbm gif gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mpi mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl php plotutils pmeg png pnp ppds python qt quicktime readline scanner sdl slang speex spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts trusted type1-fonts usb wxwindows xml xml2 xmms xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
ntp.conf is overwritten by dhcp, read the net docs to see how to disable that behavior either way, i dont see a bug
Well, it seems I was looking in the wrong place for what was overwriting the ntp.conf file. I never would have thought that dhcp, or any other service, should overwrite a configuration file of another service/program. Oh well. Fine, but I have the following questions: why was the rc-update not done automatically when the program was split? Let me guess, there was a note at the end of the ebuild that tells me that I should run this manually. The problem is that sync'ing the system when there are maybe a dozen packages to update these end of installation messages are scrolled off the screen and I never see them... This, in my opinion, violates the principle of lest supprise (updating a package fundamentally breaks it). There must be a better way to deal with it. So it is hard to say if it is a bug or not. But for sure, something is broken astala bye bye
