Bug 66671 – ntp-4.2.0 wrong default install directory

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description petre rodan (RETIRED) 2004-10-07 10:47:30 UTC]

please be so kind and use the attached patch on net-misc/ntp to ensure that ntpd and ntpdate will get installed in $PREFIX/sbin as they should

many thanks,
peter

[Comment 1 petre rodan (RETIRED) 2004-10-07 10:48:13 UTC]

Created attachment 41298 [details, diff]
ntp-4.2.0-r2.ebuild.diff

[Comment 2 petre rodan (RETIRED) 2004-10-07 10:48:45 UTC]

Created attachment 41299 [details, diff]
4.2.0-sbin.patch

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2004-10-07 14:01:10 UTC]

why ?

[Comment 4 petre rodan (RETIRED) 2004-10-07 23:52:40 UTC]

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=selinux&m=109714205713448&w=2

I agree 100% with what Russell told us. Those two binaries shouldn't be in /usr/bin. At least debian and redhat places them in /usr/sbin where they belong.

on the funny side, just search '/usr/bin/ntpd' and '/usr/sbin/ntpd' in google: 77 vs 2140

[Comment 5 SpanKY 2004-10-28 17:44:56 UTC]

ok, i guess i (foolishly) assumed it was done on purpose and not because people can complain loudly :)

i'll have to tweak the openntpd/ntpd relationship, but i'll make this change

[Comment 6 SpanKY 2004-11-09 07:45:05 UTC]

4.2.0.20040617 now installs into sbin

[Comment 7 Scott Taylor (RETIRED) 2004-11-09 11:24:18 UTC]

/etc/init.d/ntpd still refers to /usr/bin

Perhaps add some sed magic so changing it in ${FILESDIR} doesn't break the old
versions that haven't moved it...

[Comment 8 Stefan Briesenick (RETIRED) 2004-11-09 14:03:54 UTC]

yes, I can confirm, that the init-script still tries to start /usr/bin/ntpd instead of /usr/sbin/ntpd. Should be easy to fix. ;-)

[Comment 9 SpanKY 2004-11-09 21:38:20 UTC]

that was handled by another bug