Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:43:05 -0500 (EST) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: handbook/network-servers: a note about ntpdate might be added Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1111122141480.882@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <4EBE0D56.8010902@gmail.com> References: <20111111221914.GA17468@chaos.ukrhub.net> <4EBE0D56.8010902@gmail.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---559023410-285068882-1321152185=:882 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Sat, 12 Nov 2011, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > On 12/11/2011 12:19 =CF=80=CE=BC, Taras Korenko wrote: >> Hi, folks. >> According to [1], the ntpdate utility is to be retired from&os;. Thi= s=20 >> info >> might also be reflected as a note in '30.10.3.1 Basic Configuration' of= =20 >> [2]. >> I hope that the position of insertion is correct, but my wording=20 >> definitely >> requires a lot of polishing :-/ >> >> handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml,v 1.138 >>=20 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >> 5306=09<sect3> >> 5307=09=09<title>Basic Configuration</title> >> 5308=09=09<indexterm><primary>ntpdate</primary></indexterm> >> 5309 >> <note> >> <para>The following information about&man.ntpdate.8; = is=20 >> still >> applicable, but keep in mind that the ntpdate utili= ty=20 >> is to >> be retired soon from&os;.</para> >> </note> >> >> 5310=09=09<para>If you only wish to synchronize your clock when=20 >> the >> 5311=09=09 machine boots up, you can use&man.ntpdate.8;. This=20 >> may be >> .... >> 5328=09</sect3> >> 5329 >>=20 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >>=20 >> 1. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dntpdate >> 2.=20 >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-ntp.ht= ml >>=20 > > The Handbook only refers to ntpdate for the one-off setting of the clock= =20 > during boot. In fact ntpd supports also this kind of setting using the=20 > following in rc.conf: > > ntpd_sync_on_start=3D"YES" > > I think we should include this info and either remove the info on ntpdate= or=20 > clearly mark it as a secondary and deprecated option. Ideas? We should definitely cover the ntpd functionality. I would just as soon not mention ntpdate as well, other than something=20 like "this functionality used to be provided by an ntpdate(8) utility". -Ben Kaduk ---559023410-285068882-1321152185=:882--
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