Hi,
this is another bug I found while cleaning up and again I'd prefer to just
fix it in Debian instead working around it in Ubuntu (alone).
Also it is surely worth another opinion/review on it.

This is about providing a way to allow a user to specify a custom ntp
config file.
But only so if dhcp did not provide one to allow dhcp to overwrite.

The patch is a slightly extended version of what was reported to us on the
Ubuntu bug (plus actual config and a bit of a helper text).

BTW - I currently submit a lot of smaller fixes and I guess after
Discussion they will all fit in one upload. That is why I send individual
patches instead of a debdiff. But if you would prefer debdiffs let me know.

Hi,
again I'm passing a bunch of open bugs and wanted to ask if the
consideration of the patch into Debian ntp packaging got any further in the
meantime?

Christian Ehrhardt
Software Engineer, Ubuntu Server
Canonical Ltd

What's the use case here?

Why not just modify ntp.conf? Or symlink it?

What about the fact that the apparmor policy will also need changes?

Is overriding the (ExecStart in the) systemd unit an acceptable method?