Ubuntu 16.04 dovecot-core requires deprecated ntpdate

[Michael Fox]

> > When I select the dovecot-core package in Synaptic, it also wants to
> install
> > ntpdate.
> Install packages at the command line using apt-get. It lets you better see
> and understand what's going on.
> dovecot-core /recommends/ ntpdate. This means you can install with apt-get
> --no-install-recommends and the Recommends will be shown but not
> installed, leaving the judgement to you.

Ahah!  OK Thanks.

 
> > Now the dovecot-core package evidently requires ntpdate.  I can't
> imagine
> > why this dependency would exist.  And I presume this dependency will
> prevent
> > me from removing ntpdate after I install dovecot-core.
> In apt-based systems, removing a package triggers removal of any depending
> packages, but not "recommending" packages.
> Just try 'apt-get remove ntpdate'. It will prompt you, and quite likely it
> will say it is about to remove ntpdate and no other package.
> It will do what it says it is going to do, and no more.

OK.  Thanks.

 
> > Is the Debian package maintainer on the list?
> He does read the list. In either case dovecot-core in ubuntu 17.04 and in
> Debian stretch and jessie don't have this Recommends.
> > I don't know what to do.  Any suggestions?
> Remove ntpdate, you'll be fine.

Great.  Thanks!

Michael