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ntp package

  1. Bug #715152
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 715152

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James Page (james-page) wrote : Re: ntp wont run on IPv6 only host unless lo has 127.0.0.1 address

I've done some further investigation into this issue.

maverick exhibits the same symptoms as lucid; i.e. if the 127.0.0.1 address is not bound ntp exits on startup.

natty appears to deal with this scenario OK; removing 127.0.0.1 in a post-up step does not impact ntp.

Looks like this issue was fixed in the transition from v4.2.4 to v4.2.6 (possibly as part of 4.2.5p219)