* Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de) wrote: > > It is possible to make the package configure itself at install time by > > using pre-seeded debconf answers like the version currently in > > unstable? > > No, sorry. We decided to remove debconf entirely because there are > basically two classes of people using ntp: > > - People who have their own NTP network. They need to do hand-edit > /etc/ntp.conf to do some customization (subnet broadcast, secret > keys, ACLs...) anyway. > > - People who don't. Most of them can happily use pool.ntp.org as their NTP > server, which is the default we're shipping with => no debconf needed. I seriously doubt I'm alone in that I've got my own ntp server but for all my other systems I was able to use the debconf configuration and not have to edit it. Additionally, most of my systems aren't allowed to talk to any server other than my internal ones. Stephen
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