From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Oct 20 10:30: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7E5D37B404 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 827A043E91 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9KHU2x3059450 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9KHU2Gc059449; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200210201730.g9KHU2Gc059449@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Chris Pepper Subject: Re: misc/44286: /etc/defaults/rc.conf uses the obsolete ntpdate Reply-To: Chris Pepper Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/44286; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Chris Pepper To: Ceri Davies Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/44286: /etc/defaults/rc.conf uses the obsolete ntpdate Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 13:24:38 -0400 At 2:37 PM +0100 2002/10/20, Ceri Davies wrote: >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. Then ntpdate.8 needs to be amended to state that ntpd is in process of taking over for ntpdate, rather than being a complete drop-in replacement at present. Chris > 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. -- Chris Pepper: Rockefeller University: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message