[Bug 1700743] Re: incorrect /etc/adjtime

[Phillip Susi]

It happened before you upgraded to the fixed version.  Now that you have
the fixed version, it won't happen again.


** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  incorrect /etc/adjtime

Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  On Ubuntu 17.04 I noticed a variation between system time and hardware
  time.

  I ran hwclock to sync them and got:

  hwclock: Warning: unrecognized third line in adjtime file
      (Expected: `UTC' or `LOCAL' or nothing.)

  my system is running
  util-linux:
    Installed: 2.29-1ubuntu2
    Candidate: 2.29-1ubuntu2
    Version table:
   *** 2.29-1ubuntu2 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  I looked in /etc/adjtime; it does have 'UTC' on the third line...

  There is a similar report and proposed solution at:
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=706693

  This reporter believed that the problem was a missing newline on the
  end of the third line.

  -There is no newline after 'UTC' in /etc/adjtime on my system.
  -Manually adding a newline does make the warning not appear when invoking hwclock, as suggested by the above report.
  -However, the proposed solution (adding a final \n to the printf line in hwclock.sh) is already present in my /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh.

  EDIT:
  And yet the faulty line in /etc/adjtime is still present.
  Apparently, this solution is not the entire answer.
  END EDIT.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: util-linux 2.29-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-24.28-generic 4.10.15
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
  Date: Tue Jun 27 04:50:29 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-18 (586 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  SourcePackage: util-linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-19 (68 days ago)

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