Bug#861769: systemd: systemd-timesyncd does not use NTP server set by DHCP when NetworkManager is installed

[Balint Reczey]

Hi Michael,

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> Hi Balint
>
> Am 03.05.2017 um 21:42 schrieb Balint Reczey:
>> Package: systemd
>> Version: 232-22
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Dear Maintainers,
>>
>> When NetworkManager is running /etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/timesyncd and
>> other hooks in the directory are not triggered. See #537358 for a very
>> old report
>> involving other packages with DHCP hooks.
>>
>> The widely adopted solution seems to be adding per-package scripts to
>> /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d and the attached patch does that for systemd.
>>
>
> Aside some technical issues with the patch, I have to say I would prefer
> a different approach, see
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746911

Yes, NM talking natively to systemd-timesyncd would be nice, indeed.
In case in the meantime you would give a shot to using the interface via
dispatcher.d to fix the regression I have updated the patch to basically match
ntp's existing solution.

Cheers,
Balint

-- 
Balint Reczey
Debian & Ubuntu Developer
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