#602231 Should Recommend ntpdate or rdate

Package:
systemsettings
Source:
systemsettings
Description:
System Settings interface
Submitter:
mpapet
Date:
2010-11-03 10:18:13 UTC
Severity:
normal
#602231#5
Date:
2010-11-02 18:45:02 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

KDE4 has the capability of automatically setting time/date with ntpdate or
rdate.   However, neither one is installed with a tasksel kde4 desktop.

Additionally, the Systems Settings GUI for enabling ntp time checks fails
cryptically.  It reports an error something like "unable to complete the task."
It fails because it can't find either ntpdate or rdate.
#602231#10
Date:
2010-11-02 19:11:54 UTC
From:
To:
Folks, any advice?

Maybe one of the KDE packages should depend|recommend ntpdate or rdate?

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Subject: Bug#602231: tasksel: KDE4 needs rdate or ntpdate
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Package: tasksel
Version: 2.84
Severity: normal

Hi,

KDE4 has the capability of automatically setting time/date with ntpdate or
rdate.   However, neither one is installed with a tasksel kde4 desktop.

Additionally, the Systems Settings GUI for enabling ntp time checks fails
cryptically.  It reports an error something like "unable to complete the task."
It fails because it can't find either ntpdate or rdate.



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#602231#15
Date:
2010-11-02 23:37:12 UTC
From:
To:
It looks like it defaults to ntpdate.
#602231#20
Date:
2010-11-03 05:49:53 UTC
From:
To:
reassign 602231 systemsettings
retitle 602231 Should Recommend ntpdate or rdate
thanks

Quoting Christian PERRIER (bubulle@debian.org):

From my understanding, the package in question is "systemsettings".