Kicking ntpd in rc.newwanip(v6) dates back to OpenNTPD which didn't have dynamic interface scanning support. This seems to be the source of crashes in ntpd as described in Ticket #4155, and appears to be unnecessary.

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/etc/rc.newwanip b/src/etc/rc.newwanip
index 01d211c..ea44b81 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.newwanip
+++ b/src/etc/rc.newwanip
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ function restart_packages() {
 	global $oldip, $curwanip, $g;
 
 	/* restart packages */
-	system_ntp_configure(false);
-	mwexec_bg("/usr/local/sbin/ntpdate_sync_once.sh", true);
 	log_error("{$g['product_name']} package system has detected an IP change or dynamic WAN reconnection - $oldip ->  $curwanip - Restarting packages.");
 	send_event("service reload packages");
 }
diff --git a/src/etc/rc.newwanipv6 b/src/etc/rc.newwanipv6
index 1030d96..088600b 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.newwanipv6
+++ b/src/etc/rc.newwanipv6
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ function restart_packages() {
 	global $oldipv6, $curwanipv6, $g;
 
 	/* restart packages */
-	system_ntp_configure(false);
-	mwexec_bg("/usr/local/sbin/ntpdate_sync_once.sh", true);
 	log_error("{$g['product_name']} package system has detected an IP change or dynamic WAN reconnection - $oldipv6 -> $curwanipv6 - Restarting packages.");
 	send_event("service reload packages");
 }