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Date:      Sat, 1 Jan 2000 12:02:00 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xntpd - VERY old folks, how about updating? :-)
Message-ID:  <200001012002.MAA45455@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000101194118.A19381@keltia.freenix.fr>
References:  <19991231225535.A8004@Denninger.Net> <20000101113750.B89903@Denninger.Net> <200001011747.JAA45272@vashon.polstra.com> <20000101194118.A19381@keltia.freenix.fr>

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In article <20000101194118.A19381@keltia.freenix.fr>,
Ollivier Robert  <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> wrote:
> According to John Polstra:
> > Current versions of ntpd use these features if they're available.  I
> 
> The ntpd daemon in -CURRENT doesn't use these as we cannot be sure the user
> has enabled them.

I don't understand why they're disabled in -current.  Empirically, it
appears that the standard ntpd (from the port) still works fine if the
features aren't in the kernel.  It emits a warning at start-up time,
but then it runs fine after that.

> We should make them standard IMO.

I agree.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



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