Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 09:10:50 +0200 (SAT) From: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> To: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/32816: ntpd/ntpdc incompatibility across the last two versions Message-ID: <200112140710.fBE7AoW27108@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <200112132350.fBDNo1I94041@freefall.freebsd.org> from Garrett Wollman at "Dec 13, 2001 03:50:01 pm"
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> > > If the older ntpdc is used to talk to the newer ntpd or vice versa, > > a packet format error occurs. That's while no such incompatibility > > has been announced. > > ntpdc is never compatible across versions of ntpd, except by > fortuitous coincidence. Dave Mills has made it clear that ntpdc's > mode 7 control messages are specific to the version of ntpd. You are right about Dave's feelings about ntpdc and the mode 7 packets. I have fixed most of that in the latest ntpdc that is in the ntp-dev-ipv6 repository, but it will probably be a while before that trickle down in the releases. John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@icomtek.csir.co.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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