From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jan 1 7:39:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from Genesis.Denninger.Net (209-176-244-82.inil.com [209.176.244.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FA8D14D84 for ; Sat, 1 Jan 2000 07:39:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karl@Genesis.Denninger.Net) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Genesis.Denninger.Net (8.9.3/8.8.2) id JAA11908; Sat, 1 Jan 2000 09:39:05 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <20000101093905.B11872@Denninger.Net> Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 09:39:05 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xntpd - VERY old folks, how about updating? :-) References: <19991231225535.A8004@Denninger.Net> <67992.946721511@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <67992.946721511@critter.freebsd.dk>; from Poul-Henning Kamp on Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 11:11:51AM +0100 Organization: Karl's Sushi and Packet Smashers X-Die-Spammers: Spammers cheerfully broiled for supper and served with ketchup! Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 11:11:51AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <19991231225535.A8004@Denninger.Net>, Karl Denninger writes: > > >This is not a port, its part of the RELEASE! > > > >Its several YEARS old, and doesn't work right - you get lots of STEP changes > >instead of what you SHOULD get, which is a slew on the system clock. > > Remember to get the kernel code involved. To do this: > > create a driftfile containing "0 1\n" > start xntpd > > That will help. No it won't. I've been running xntpd for oh, four or five years now on various things. Yes, the drift file is there (and has been). Still got the step time messages. > The new ntpd is in -CURRENT. Ok. I built it as a local binary and install THAT, and the problem disappeared, so I assume the old "included" one had some kind of problem. Oh, BTW, Mutt is Y2K complient. I get no "odd" time displays with messages I send myself :-) -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) Web: http://childrens-justice.org Isn't it time we started putting KIDS first? See the above URL for a plan to do exactly that! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message