Ubuntu 16.04 dovecot-core requires deprecated ntpdate

[Tanstaafl]

On 8/17/2017, 9:57:32 AM, Michael Fox <news at mefox.org> wrote:
> When I select the dovecot-core package in Synaptic, it also wants to install
> ntpdate.
> 
> Problem:  ntpdate has been replaced in Ubuntu with timedatectl.  In fact, if
> ntpdate exists on the machine, ntpd will not work properly.

So, this is obviously an Ubuntu packaging problem, so should be reported
there.