[oe][meta-networking][PATCH] ntp: drop the deprecated ntpdate

[oe][meta-networking][PATCH] ntp: drop the deprecated ntpdate

[Zhixiong Chi]

The combination of ntpd and sntp now implements the functions of
ntpdate, which has been deprecated.
Now we don't need ntpdate anymore, and we can use the following
command 'ntpd -q -g -x' instead.
So drop the related section of ntpdate now.

Signed-off-by: Zhixiong Chi <zhixiong.chi@windriver.com>
---
 .../recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate           | 59 -------------------
 .../recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate.default   |  7 ---
 .../recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate.service   | 11 ----
 .../recipes-support/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p15.bb       | 47 +++------------
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 116 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100755 meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate
 delete mode 100644 meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate.default
 delete mode 100644 meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate.service

diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate
deleted file mode 100755
index be3bacfcd..000000000
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
-
-test -x /usr/sbin/ntpdate || exit 0
-
-if test -f /etc/default/ntpdate ; then
-. /etc/default/ntpdate
-fi
-
-if [ "$NTPSERVERS" = "" ] ; then
-	if [ "$METHOD" = "" -a "$1" != "silent" ] ; then
-		echo "Please set NTPSERVERS in /etc/default/ntpdate"
-		exit 1
-	else
-		exit 0
-	fi
-fi
-
-# This is a heuristic:  The idea is that if a static interface is brought
-# up, that is a major event, and we can put in some extra effort to fix
-# the system time.  Feel free to change this, especially if you regularly
-# bring up new network interfaces.
-if [ "$METHOD" = static ]; then
-	OPTS="-b"
-fi
-
-if [ "$METHOD" = loopback ]; then
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-(
-
-LOCKFILE=/var/lock/ntpdate
-
-# Avoid running more than one at a time
-if [ -x /usr/bin/lockfile-create ]; then
-	lockfile-create $LOCKFILE
-	lockfile-touch $LOCKFILE &
-	LOCKTOUCHPID="$!"
-fi
-
-if /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s $OPTS $NTPSERVERS 2>/dev/null; then
-	if [ "$UPDATE_HWCLOCK" = "yes" ]; then
-		hwclock --systohc || :
-	fi
-fi
-
-if [ -x /usr/bin/lockfile-create ] ; then
-	kill $LOCKTOUCHPID
-	lockfile-remove $LOCKFILE
-fi
-
-) &
-
-# wait for all subprocesses to finish
-# this is required when using systemd service as ntpd will start before ntpdate finishes
-# and results in a bind error (port 123)
-wait
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate.default b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate.default
deleted file mode 100644
index 486b6e07d..000000000
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate.default
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration script used by ntpdate-sync script
-
-NTPSERVERS=""
-
-# Set to "yes" to write time to hardware clock on success
-UPDATE_HWCLOCK="no"
-
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate.service b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 10cbd70f9..000000000
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp/ntpdate.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Network Time Service (one-shot ntpdate mode)
-Before=ntpd.service
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/ntpdate-sync silent
-RemainAfterExit=yes
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p15.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p15.bb
index 2ae53dc64..3ce2d77df 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p15.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p15.bb
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-4.2/ntp-${PV}.tar.g
            file://0001-sntp-Fix-types-in-check-for-pthread_detach.patch \
            file://ntpd \
            file://ntp.conf \
-           file://ntpdate \
-           file://ntpdate.default \
-           file://ntpdate.service \
            file://ntpd.service \
            file://sntp.service \
            file://sntp \
@@ -95,18 +92,15 @@ do_install:append() {
     install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
     install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/ntp.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}
     install -m 755 ${WORKDIR}/ntpd ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
-    install -d ${D}${bindir}
-    install -m 755 ${WORKDIR}/ntpdate ${D}${bindir}/ntpdate-sync
 
     install -m 755 -d ${D}${NTP_USER_HOME}
     chown ntp:ntp ${D}${NTP_USER_HOME}
 
     # Fix hardcoded paths in scripts
-    sed -i 's!/usr/sbin/!${sbindir}/!g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/ntpd ${D}${bindir}/ntpdate-sync
-    sed -i 's!/usr/bin/!${bindir}/!g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/ntpd ${D}${bindir}/ntpdate-sync
-    sed -i 's!/etc/!${sysconfdir}/!g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/ntpd ${D}${bindir}/ntpdate-sync
-    sed -i 's!/var/!${localstatedir}/!g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/ntpd ${D}${bindir}/ntpdate-sync
-    sed -i 's!^PATH=.*!PATH=${base_sbindir}:${base_bindir}:${sbindir}:${bindir}!' ${D}${bindir}/ntpdate-sync
+    sed -i 's!/usr/sbin/!${sbindir}/!g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/ntpd
+    sed -i 's!/usr/bin/!${bindir}/!g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/ntpd
+    sed -i 's!/etc/!${sysconfdir}/!g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/ntpd
+    sed -i 's!/var/!${localstatedir}/!g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/ntpd
     sed -i '1s,#!.*perl -w,#! ${bindir}/env perl,' ${D}${sbindir}/ntptrace
     sed -i '/use/i use warnings;' ${D}${sbindir}/ntptrace
     sed -i '1s,#!.*perl,#! ${bindir}/env perl,' ${D}${sbindir}/ntp-wait
@@ -115,26 +109,21 @@ do_install:append() {
     sed -i '/use/i use warnings;' ${D}${sbindir}/calc_tickadj
 
     install -d ${D}/${sysconfdir}/default
-    install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/ntpdate.default ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/ntpdate
     install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/sntp ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/
 
-    install -d ${D}/${sysconfdir}/network/if-up.d
-    ln -s ${bindir}/ntpdate-sync ${D}/${sysconfdir}/network/if-up.d
-
     install -d ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
-    install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/ntpdate.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/
     install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/ntpd.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/
     install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/sntp.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/
 
     install -d ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/ntp-units.d
     install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/ntpd.list ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/ntp-units.d/60-ntpd.list
 
-    # Remove an empty libexecdir.
+    # Remove the empty libexecdir and bindir.
     rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ${D}${libexecdir}
+    rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ${D}${bindir}
 }
 
-PACKAGES += "ntpdate sntp ntpdc ntpq ${PN}-tickadj ${PN}-utils"
-# NOTE: you don't need ntpdate, use "ntpd -q -g -x"
+PACKAGES += "sntp ntpdc ntpq ${PN}-tickadj ${PN}-utils"
 
 # ntp originally includes tickadj. It's split off for inclusion in small firmware images on platforms
 # with wonky clocks (e.g. OpenSlug)
@@ -149,9 +138,8 @@ RCONFLICTS:${PN}-utils = "${PN}-bin"
 # ntpdc and ntpq were split out of ntp-utils
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-utils = "ntpdc ntpq"
 
-SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "${PN} ntpdate sntp"
+SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "${PN} sntp"
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN} = "ntpd.service"
-SYSTEMD_SERVICE:ntpdate = "ntpdate.service"
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE:sntp = "sntp.service"
 SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE:sntp = "disable"
 
@@ -159,10 +147,6 @@ RPROVIDES:${PN} += "${PN}-systemd"
 RREPLACES:${PN} += "${PN}-systemd"
 RCONFLICTS:${PN} += "${PN}-systemd"
 
-RPROVIDES:ntpdate += "ntpdate-systemd"
-RREPLACES:ntpdate += "ntpdate-systemd"
-RCONFLICTS:ntpdate += "ntpdate-systemd"
-
 RSUGGESTS:${PN} = "iana-etc"
 
 FILES:${PN} = "${sbindir}/ntpd.ntp ${sysconfdir}/ntp.conf ${sysconfdir}/init.d/ntpd \
@@ -172,12 +156,6 @@ FILES:${PN} = "${sbindir}/ntpd.ntp ${sysconfdir}/ntp.conf ${sysconfdir}/init.d/n
 FILES:${PN}-tickadj = "${sbindir}/tickadj"
 FILES:${PN}-utils = "${sbindir} ${datadir}/ntp/lib"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-utils += "perl"
-FILES:ntpdate = "${sbindir}/ntpdate \
-    ${sysconfdir}/network/if-up.d/ntpdate-sync \
-    ${bindir}/ntpdate-sync \
-    ${sysconfdir}/default/ntpdate \
-    ${systemd_unitdir}/system/ntpdate.service \
-"
 FILES:sntp = "${sbindir}/sntp \
               ${sysconfdir}/default/sntp \
               ${systemd_unitdir}/system/sntp.service \
@@ -186,20 +164,11 @@ FILES:ntpdc = "${sbindir}/ntpdc"
 FILES:ntpq = "${sbindir}/ntpq"
 
 CONFFILES:${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/ntp.conf"
-CONFFILES:ntpdate = "${sysconfdir}/default/ntpdate"
 
 INITSCRIPT_NAME = "ntpd"
 # No dependencies, so just go in at the standard level (20)
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "defaults"
 
-pkg_postinst:ntpdate() {
-    if ! grep -q -s ntpdate $D/var/spool/cron/root; then
-        echo "adding crontab"
-        test -d $D/var/spool/cron || mkdir -p $D/var/spool/cron
-        echo "30 * * * *    ${bindir}/ntpdate-sync silent" >> $D/var/spool/cron/root
-    fi
-}
-
 inherit update-alternatives
 
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
-- 
2.39.0

Re: [meta-networking][PATCH] ntp: drop the deprecated ntpdate

[Michal Sieron]

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I know this is an old topic, but I just noticed that ntpdate is still being built and packaged as part of ntp-utils.
Is this intended, or should we `rm -f ${D}${sbindir}/ntpdate` in do_install (or patch ntpdate subdir out of Makefile.am)?

Br,
Michal

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Re: [oe] [meta-networking][PATCH] ntp: drop the deprecated ntpdate

[Khem Raj]

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On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 7:06 AM Michal Sieron via lists.openembedded.org
<michalwsieron=gmail.com@lists.openembedded.org> wrote:

> I know this is an old topic, but I just noticed that ntpdate is still
> being built and packaged as part of ntp-utils.
> Is this intended, or should we `rm -f ${D}${sbindir}/ntpdate` in
> do_install (or patch ntpdate subdir out of Makefile.am)?
>

hmm that should be fixed yes.


>
> Br,
> Michal
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