Comment # 1 on bug 1076247 from Christian Boltz

Thanks for the report - patch submitted upstream.

For ntp.conf - I assume you have
    statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/
Right?

That will need a change in the ntp.conf we ship in the ntp package, but it's
probably a better idea than more or less recommending /tmp/ (which is there in
a comment).

If you are familiar with the OBS [1], feel free to send a SR to the ntp package
;-) Otherwise please tell me if my guess for statsdir was right and who needs
write access to that directory (root or the 'ntp' user?)

[1] Actually such a small change is a good way to get started ;-)