Hmm not sure where you take information from:

https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/policy-query.html?c=file&q=bin%2Fntpd&x=submit

https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/package-query.html?c=package&q=ntp=1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-1

perhaps a missing crucial "apt-get update" ?

regards,

Ralph.

On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:56:42 +0900
Simon Walter <simon@???> wrote:

> Hi all, ntpd doesn't seem to be in the default repos. What is the
> recommended NTP daemon? I've never used openntpd nor chrony.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
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