Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 13:50:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/18164: Dealing with ntpstats files in /var/log/ntpstats Message-ID: <200004222050.NAA38756@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/18164; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Subject: Re: conf/18164: Dealing with ntpstats files in /var/log/ntpstats Date: 22 Apr 2000 16:46:19 -0400 Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> writes: > > I think that there should be a script "clean-ntpstats" in > > /etc/periodic/daily that would clean up this directory, removing > > files that are older than, say three days. > > Hmmm. If you actually care about these statistics, three days > probably isn't nearly long enough to be interesting. On the other > hand, if you don't care, there's no point in saving them at all. > Seems like an NTP configuration problem. No, actually I couldn't care less. ;^) My working assumption was that they were saved for a reason, so it would be `polite' to keep at least 3 days' worth of them. Just in case somebody *was* looking at them. Now, if there was *no* reason for saving them at all, then we can include "disable stats" in /etc/ntp.conf". [... 3 minutes later ...] You know what, I don't remember where I got my ntp.conf from? Does FreeBSD provide no default ntp.conf? I only found a blank file in contrib/ntp/scripts/support/conf. Well, if there is no default ntp.conf, then I guess it's up to the user to include "disable stats" in it if he wishes to... I have raised this PR by mistake then, probably. -- Arcady Genkin http://www.thpoon.com Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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