Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 00:24:17 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/ntp/ntpd ntp_control.c ntp_proto.c ntp_resolver.c Message-ID: <20021031002416.GA71735@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20021030230238.GA74951@tara.freenix.org> References: <200210292004.g9TK4RXk049427@repoman.freebsd.org> <20021030191902.GA9924@submonkey.net> <20021030230238.GA74951@tara.freenix.org>
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On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 12:02:38AM +0100, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Ceri Davies: > > Does this import bring us any closer to being able to axe ntpdate (i.e., does > > ntpd -q work properly now) ? > > Well, I don't want to go into that flame war (from ntp-hackers) but AFAIK, > there's still some things ntpdate does that ntpd -q or -g doesn't. Ah, ok; I didn't realise this was a religious issue ;) > ntpdate on startup is pretty fast whereas "ntpd -q" can take several minutes > to complete (recollection of ntp-hackers discussions) and that's pretty > unacceptable for many people. Thanks for the clarification. 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 cvs-all" in the body of the message
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