Bug#941713: buster-pu: package ntpsec/1.1.3+dfsg1-2+deb10u1
Control: tags -1 + confirmed
On Fri, 2019-10-04 at 00:54 -0500, Richard Laager wrote:
> This is my first time with the Debian proposed update process (though
> I have done my own Ubuntu SRU once), so please bear with me and let
> me know if I've done anything wrong.
Seems OK to me. :-)
> The debdiff from the current version in Buster is attached. All of
> these
> fixes are in the version of ntpsec in Debian unstable.
>
>
> This upload is to fix several things, most importantly the first two:
>
> * Backport fix for slow DNS retries (Closes: 924192)
>
> The user described this pretty well, "What seems to be happening is
> that if DNS is not immediately available when ntpsec starts, it waits
> about 10 minutes before trying again. Ten minutes is too long."
>
> This is fixed by backporting an upstream commit which has made it
> into an upstream point release.
>
>
> * Fix ntpdate -s (syslog) to fix the if-up hook (Closes: 931414)
[...]
> It may be controversial that I'm including fixes for bugs in man
> pages, including some without Debian bug numbers. The fixes below are
> trivial and only affect two (related) man pages. I likely would not
> have made a buster update for them alone, but since I'm making an
> update anyway, it seemed reasonable to me to include those fixes.
Indeed. That basically matches our policy - documentation fixes are
generally fine when part of a larger update, but not usually on their
own unless the incorrect documentation causes a severe bug.
Please go ahead with the upload.
Regards,
Adam
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