Comment 12 for bug 61619

copying comment 0 from bug 583994 here for reference and completeness

Given that 'ntpdate' is being obsoleted upstream [1], we should replace 'ntpdate' usage by:

 * ntpd -qg (if we really want to set the time and exit), or
 * ntpd-g (if we want to keep ntpd running)

the '-q' option will set the clock once, and exit; the 'g' allows for large corrections to the clock, like what is done by 'ntpdate'.

[1] http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/ntpdate.html