/etc/ntp.conf is replaced with a (very!) broken default on every reboot. seems to be ntp's packaged example conf. similar to http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29370, but i don't have dhcp installed, let alone running. I haven't yet managed to work out what is overwriting this file. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -avt ntp 2. configure /etc/ntp.conf 3. reboot Actual Results: /etc/ntp.conf replaced with something that looks like ntp's bundled example Expected Results: NOT replace a working config with a broken one with neither permission nor even notification... ~ # emerge info Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6. 11-gentoo-r9.peladrine i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r9.peladrine i686 AMD Duron(tm) Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.8 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/ config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS=" ftp://mirror.isp.net.au/pub/gentoo ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/ linux/Gentoo ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.au.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X509 a52 aac acpi alsa apache2 apm atm avi berkdb bind-mysql bitmap- fonts bzlib crypt curl dba dedicated divx4linux djbfft dvd emboss encode erandom extensions fastcgi flatfile foomaticdb fortran ftp gd gdbm gif gpm gtk2 imlib inifile ithreads java jikes jpeg junit libg++ libwww lzo mad mbox memlimit mikmod mime mjpeg mmap mmx mod_perl mod_php motif mp3 mpeg mpm-leader mpm- peruser mpm-prefork mpm-threadpool mpm-worker mysql ncurses network nls nocd nptl offensive ogg oggvorbis oss pam pam_chroot pam_console pam_timestamp pcre pdflib perl php png posix python readline samba shared sharedext sharedmem sockets spell ssl tcpd threads tokenizer truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb vhosts vorbis x86 xml xml2 xmlrpc xsl xvid yv12 zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY ~ # rc-update show alsasound | default apache2 | default bootmisc | boot bttrack | checkfs | boot checkroot | boot clock | boot coldplug | boot consolefont | boot crypto-loop | cupsd | distccd | default domainname | default firewall | default gpm | default hatred-eggdrop | default hdparm | default hostname | boot hotplug | boot iptables | keymaps | boot lm_sensors | default local | default nonetwork localmount | boot midentd | modules | boot mysql | named | default net.eth0 | default net.lo | boot netmount | default nfs | nfsmount | nscd | ntp-client | default ntpd | default numlock | pamsmbd | popa3d | default portmap | postfix | default powertweakd | psad | pwcheck | rmnologin | boot route_fallover_mon | rsyncd | samba | default serial | boot shaper | default sshd | default syslog-ng | default testkernel | tor | ulogd | upnpd | default urandom | boot vixie-cron | default vsftpd | xfs | xinetd | default this is a server, so nothing other than the above runs on boot.
you have a lot of services ... reboot and when grub/lilo pops up, tell it to append 'softlevel=nonetwork' to the kernel cmdline and see if your /etc/ntp.conf is still screwed up if it isnt, remove all your services and narrow down what is causing the problem
