#1135029 openntpd: man pages: bad pathnames for ntpd.drift and ntpd.sock

Package:
openntpd
Source:
openntpd
Description:
OpenBSD NTP daemon
Submitter:
Vincent Lefevre
Date:
2026-08-17 13:35:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1135029#5
Date:
2026-04-27 01:20:03 UTC
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The ntpd(8) man page has two occurrences of "/var/lib/ntpd.drift"
and one occurrence of "/run/ntpd.sock". The ntpctl(8) man page also
has one occurrence of "/run/ntpd.sock".

These pathnames are incorrect in Debian. The correct ones are

  /var/lib/openntpd/db/ntpd.drift
  /var/lib/openntpd/run/ntpd.sock

I'm actually wondering whether the second one (for both the actual
pathname and the reference in the man pages) should be changed to
/run/openntpd/ntpd.sock, though.

I suppose that these pathnames are due to
#1135029#10
Date:
2026-04-27 08:18:34 UTC
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forwarded 1135029
https://github.com/openntpd-portable/openntpd-portable/issues/81
thanks

I reported that one upstream a while back. Basically, the source code
has hardcoded paths, so the configure options essentially have no
effect. This should be fixed for 6.9p1.

Martin-Éric
#1135029#19
Date:
2026-07-02 09:07:15 UTC
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On Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:18:34 +0300 =?UTF-8?Q?Martin=2D=C3=89ric_Racine?= <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> wrote:

I have just uploaded 7.9p1-1 to unstable. It should build and
propagate to the Debian mirrors within the next 24 hours.

Can you please let me know if this new version solves the issue?

Thanks!
Martin-Éric
#1135029#24
Date:
2026-08-17 13:33:37 UTC
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On Thu, 2 Jul 2026 12:07:15 +0300 =?UTF-8?Q?Martin=2D=C3=89ric_Racine?= <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> wrote:

Ping?

Martin-Éric