Disclaimer: this bug has been filed in a semi-automated manner. When emerging the package net-misc/ntp-4.2.6_p5-r1, the following elog messages are displayed: * You can find an example /etc/ntp.conf in /usr/share/ntp/ * Review /etc/ntp.conf to setup server info. * Review /etc/conf.d/ntpd to setup init.d info. * The way ntp sets and maintains your system time has changed. * Now you can use /etc/init.d/ntp-client to set your time at * boot while you can use /etc/init.d/ntpd to maintain your time * while your machine runs Such messages should only be displayed when the package is a new install. These situations can be checked in the ebuild as follows: if ! has_version 'net-misc/ntp'; then See the tracker bug 440214 for more details.
has_version does not work in pkg_postinst functions
*** Bug 491700 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Bug 491700 was about using readme.gentoo.eclass for the same, I can do the work if you want
(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #3) i rarely find readme.gentoo.eclass to be the right answer, including this case these lines are largely redundant ... this is how Gentoo / ntp basically works: * You can find an example /etc/ntp.conf in /usr/share/ntp/ * Review /etc/ntp.conf to setup server info. * Review /etc/conf.d/ntpd to setup init.d info. these have outlived their usefulness (over 8 years old now); * The way ntp sets and maintains your system time has changed. * Now you can use /etc/init.d/ntp-client to set your time at * boot while you can use /etc/init.d/ntpd to maintain your time * while your machine runs i've deleted all the log messages from the latest version.
should be all set now in the tree; thanks for the report! Commit message: Drop old postinst messages http://sources.gentoo.org/net-misc/ntp/ntp-4.2.8-r3.ebuild?rev=1.1
