Activity log for bug #90267

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2007-03-07 00:06:31 James bug added bug
2007-03-07 00:58:50 Brian Murray None: statusexplanation
2007-03-07 02:55:27 Mark Reitblatt bug assigned to upstart (Ubuntu)
2007-03-07 02:55:40 Mark Reitblatt ntp: importance Undecided Medium
2007-03-07 02:57:37 Mark Reitblatt upstart: importance Undecided Medium
2007-03-07 02:57:37 Mark Reitblatt upstart: statusexplanation I believe this is actually a problem w/ the program that starts up ntp.
2007-03-07 03:59:54 C de-Avillez bug assigned to network-manager (Ubuntu)
2007-03-07 04:00:27 C de-Avillez network-manager: status Unconfirmed Confirmed
2007-03-07 04:00:27 C de-Avillez network-manager: statusexplanation
2007-03-07 08:20:33 C de-Avillez network-manager: assignee desktop-bugs
2007-03-07 13:43:28 C de-Avillez upstart: status Unconfirmed Rejected
2007-03-07 13:43:28 C de-Avillez upstart: statusexplanation I believe this is actually a problem w/ the program that starts up ntp.
2007-03-07 13:43:40 C de-Avillez ntp: status Unconfirmed Rejected
2007-03-08 21:13:14 C de-Avillez network-manager: importance Undecided Medium
2007-03-08 21:13:14 C de-Avillez network-manager: statusexplanation This is interesting. NTP should, by default, bind to all local interfaces, on UDP, and should be able to recover by itself. Can you attach a 'grep ntp /var/log/daemon.log' piece here, long enough to show the system startup & some few hours of run?
2007-03-09 23:47:22 C de-Avillez network-manager: status Confirmed Needs Info
2007-03-09 23:47:22 C de-Avillez network-manager: statusexplanation This is interesting. NTP should, by default, bind to all local interfaces, on UDP, and should be able to recover by itself. Can you attach a 'grep ntp /var/log/daemon.log' piece here, long enough to show the system startup & some few hours of run?
2007-03-12 22:00:06 C de-Avillez ntp: status Rejected Confirmed
2007-03-12 22:00:06 C de-Avillez ntp: statusexplanation James, you are correct. I had initially rejected this bug for NTP and upstart, but I am starting to wonder. The more I read... the more it seems that current (i.e., 4.2.0) NTP code should not be started before a valid network interface is available. There is a comment in the NTP Bugzilla that some work was/is being done on that, but I have not yet confirmed if it is already available or still dev. I am guessing, right now, it is not available (otherwise you would not have the issue on 4.2.2 and 4.2.4 :-) The bug in question, https://ntp.isc.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=51, shows in the bug lists for versions up to, and including 4.2.4p0 (so, again, it sounds like it was either not added in 4.2.4, or did not work as expected -- huh, as I would expect). There are two different views here, AFAIU: laptops & machines that do not have a constant network presence, and servers that are continuously connected. For the latter, NTP startup, as it is now, is OK. For the former... it does not seem like this is kosher. And here the plot thickens: there are network-manager supported machines, and there are (as of now) non-network-manager supported ones. Right now I am tending to state NTP should not be started if there are no network interfaces running; but I do not know what should be done when an interface changes its address (which, I know, is not your problem). Marking as confirmed for NTP, leaving as confirmed for network-manager.
2007-03-12 22:00:31 C de-Avillez network-manager: status Needs Info Confirmed
2007-04-12 10:36:24 Daniel Holbach network-manager: assignee desktop-bugs
2007-04-13 14:51:00 Martin Pitt title ntp starts before the network is up in feisty network-manager stops and restarts already ifup'ed interfaces
2007-04-25 07:27:06 Martin Pitt network-manager: statusexplanation Let's fix this for gutsy.
2007-05-08 10:25:04 Martin Pitt ntp: status Confirmed Rejected
2007-05-08 10:25:04 Martin Pitt ntp: statusexplanation James, you are correct. I had initially rejected this bug for NTP and upstart, but I am starting to wonder. The more I read... the more it seems that current (i.e., 4.2.0) NTP code should not be started before a valid network interface is available. There is a comment in the NTP Bugzilla that some work was/is being done on that, but I have not yet confirmed if it is already available or still dev. I am guessing, right now, it is not available (otherwise you would not have the issue on 4.2.2 and 4.2.4 :-) The bug in question, https://ntp.isc.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=51, shows in the bug lists for versions up to, and including 4.2.4p0 (so, again, it sounds like it was either not added in 4.2.4, or did not work as expected -- huh, as I would expect). There are two different views here, AFAIU: laptops & machines that do not have a constant network presence, and servers that are continuously connected. For the latter, NTP startup, as it is now, is OK. For the former... it does not seem like this is kosher. And here the plot thickens: there are network-manager supported machines, and there are (as of now) non-network-manager supported ones. Right now I am tending to state NTP should not be started if there are no network interfaces running; but I do not know what should be done when an interface changes its address (which, I know, is not your problem). Marking as confirmed for NTP, leaving as confirmed for network-manager.
2007-05-08 10:25:27 Martin Pitt network-manager: importance Medium Critical
2007-05-08 10:25:27 Martin Pitt network-manager: statusexplanation Let's fix this for gutsy.
2007-06-26 16:35:35 Martin Pitt network-manager: assignee asac
2007-07-10 18:36:59 Neil Woolford bug added attachment 'daemon.log' (Unedited daemon.log)
2007-07-12 09:25:05 Alexander Sack network-manager: status Confirmed Fix Released
2007-10-15 20:42:40 Neil Woolford bug added attachment 'daemon_trimmed.log' (daemon_trimmed.log)
2009-12-05 02:43:10 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/network-manager