Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 06:40:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/44286: /etc/defaults/rc.conf uses the obsolete ntpdate Message-ID: <200210201340.g9KDe36l038486@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/44286; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Chris Pepper <pepper@rockefeller.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/44286: /etc/defaults/rc.conf uses the obsolete ntpdate Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 14:37:40 +0100 On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 06:29:34PM -0400, Chris Pepper wrote: > Note: The functionality of this program is now available in the ntpd(8) > program. See the -q command line option in the ntpd(8) page. After a > suitable period of mourning, the ntpdate program is to be retired from > this distribution. I seem to remember a discussion regarding this about six months or so ago, where the outcome was that ntpd -q does *not* do the same thing, or at least not reliably enough. Ceri -- you can't see when light's so strong you can't see when light is gone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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