Re: What package contains the time daemon?

[Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>]

Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> wrote:
> Am 26.07.2015 um 13:44 schrieb Chris Bannister:
>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 02:03:48AM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
>>> Am 25.07.2015 um 21:26 schrieb Holger Schramm:
>>>> Am 25.07.2015 um 20:52 schrieb John J. Boyer:

>>>>> I am wondering if my Jessie system is updating its clock
>>>>> regularly. It gives a different time than my Windows box. What
>>>>> package contains the daemon that updates the time from a central
>>>>> site?

[...]

>> I think that answers my other post in this thread.
>> Does that mean, once enabled, the package ntp can be purged?

> Yes. You actually need to do that. As long as ntp is installed,
> systemd-timesyncd won't start.

In Stretch/Sid: yes.

In Jessie: no

> The assumption here is, that if the admin explicitly installed ntp, it
> should be preferred of systemd-timesyncd.
> See

> /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf

That one is not present in Sid.

Grüße,
Sven.

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