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chrony 3.2-4ubuntu2 source package in Ubuntu

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chrony (3.2-4ubuntu2) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Set -x as default if unable to set time (e.g. in containers) (LP: #1589780)
    Chrony is a single service which acts as both NTP client (i.e. syncing the
    local clock) and NTP server (i.e. providing NTP services to the network),
    and that is both desired and expected in the vast majority of cases.
    But in containers syncing the local clock is usually impossible, but this
    shall not break the providing of NTP services to the network.
    To some extent this makes chrony's default config more similar to 'ntpd',
    which complained in syslog but still provided NTP server service in those
    cases.
    - d/p/lp1589780-sys_linux-don-t-keep-CAP_SYS_TIME-with-x-option.patch:
      When dropping the root privileges, don't try to keep the CAP_SYS_TIME
      capability if the -x option was enabled. This allows chronyd to be
      started without the capability (e.g. in containers) and also drop the
      root privileges.
    - debian/chrony.service: allow the service to run without CAP_SYS_TIME
    - debian/control: add new dependency libcap2-bin for capsh (usually
      installed anyway, but make them explicit to be sure).
    - debian/chrony.default: new option SYNC_IN_CONTAINER to not fall back
      (Default off).
    - debian/chronyd-starter.sh: wrapper to handle special cases in containers
      and if CAP_SYS_TIME is missing. Effectively allows to run NTP server in
      containers on a default installation and avoid failing to sync time (or
      if allowed to sync, avoid multiple containers to fight over it by
      accident).
    - debian/install: make chronyd-starter.sh available on install.
    - debian/docs, debian/README.container: provide documentation about the
      handling of this case.
  * debian/chrony.conf: update default chrony.conf to not violate the policy
    of pool.ntp.org (to use no more than four of their servers) and to provide
    more ipv6 capable sources by default (LP: #1754358)

 -- Christian Ehrhardt <email address hidden>  Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:25:44 +0100

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chrony: Versatile implementation of the Network Time Protocol

 It consists of a pair of programs:
 .
 chronyd: This is a daemon which runs in background on the system.
 It obtains measurements (e.g. via the network) of the system's offset
 relative to other systems and adjusts the system time accordingly. For
 isolated systems, the user can periodically enter the correct time by
 hand (using 'chronyc'). In either case 'chronyd' determines the rate
 at which the computer gains or loses time, and compensates for this.
 Chronyd implements the NTP protocol and can act as either a client or
 a server.
 .
 chronyc: This is a command-line driven control and monitoring program.
 An administrator can use this to fine-tune various parameters within
 the daemon, add or delete servers etc whilst the daemon is running.

chrony-dbgsym: debug symbols for chrony