Ubuntu
ntp package

ntpd does not support ipv6

Bug #305043 reported by Matt LaPlante
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ntp

The ntp daemon is apparently not being built with IPv6 support, despite the fact that the /etc/ntp.conf it ships with contains IPv6 configurations.

The default configuration includes:
# By default, exchange time with everybody, but don't allow configuration.
...
restrict -6 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery

# Local users may interrogate the ntp server more closely.
...
restrict ::1

However when starting the daemon, the latter triggers the following error:
 3 Dec 23:55:28 ntpd[5215]: getaddrinfo: "::1" invalid host address, ignored

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lp:ubuntu/karmic/ntp
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Matt LaPlante (cybrmatt) wrote :

This is apparently another instance of glibc 2.8 breakage. See also #249824. Solution is again to define _GNU_SOURCE, though I'm not sure the best place to accomplish that.

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Matt LaPlante (cybrmatt) wrote :

Think I've gotten it. Debdiff is attached. New build for testing is in my PPA.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybrmatt/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybrmatt/ubuntu intrepid main

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ntp - 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-7ubuntu2

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ntp (1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-7ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Add ipv6-gnu-source.patch: Define _GNU_SOURCE to make IPv6 work.
    (LP: #305043)

 -- Matt LaPlante <email address hidden> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:39:51 -0600

Changed in ntp:
status: New → Fix Released
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Sponsored to intrepid-proposed.

Changed in ntp:
assignee: nobody → pitti
status: New → In Progress
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Accepted into intrepid-proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in ntp:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in ntp:
assignee: pitti → nobody
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Matt LaPlante (cybrmatt) wrote :

intrepid-proposed LGTM

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 305043] Re: ntpd does not support ipv6

Matt LaPlante [2008-12-19 22:06 -0000]:
> intrepid-proposed LGTM

LGTM?

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) wrote :

Looks Good To Me (I guess)

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Matt LaPlante (cybrmatt) wrote :

Yes, Looks Good To Me.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ntp - 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-6ubuntu2.1

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ntp (1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-6ubuntu2.1) intrepid-proposed; urgency=low

  * Add ipv6-gnu-source.patch: Define _GNU_SOURCE to make IPv6 work.
    (LP: #305043)

 -- Matt LaPlante <email address hidden> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:29:30 -0800

Changed in ntp:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Changed in ntp:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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