Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:40:25 -0700 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Cc: rgrimes@freebsd.org, cem@freebsd.org, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, owner-src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r326095 - head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts Message-ID: <1511552425.52392.1.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <cae9ed597d249af3fc89b206c19cfd65@megadrive.org> References: <201711231729.vANHTVmo092083@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <38787424-ff48-df5e-0831-922d14f1603c@freebsd.org> <cae9ed597d249af3fc89b206c19cfd65@megadrive.org>
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On Fri, 2017-11-24 at 20:23 +0100, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: > On 2017-11-24 17:46, Allan Jude wrote: > > > > On 11/23/2017 12:29, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > > > > [ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ] > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 7:17 AM, Rodney W. Grimes > > > > <freebsd@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also we do provide an ntp.conf so ... > > > > > We do, a template, all commented out, and does not work for > > > > > machines behind strong firewalls that wont allow ntp out > > > > > to the net but have internal ntp servers that are used for > > > > > such things. > > > > > > > > > > Well maybe not all commented out, I think it defaults to > > > > > some public pools. I believe it would be missing iburst > > > > > for use with ntp -pg > > > > Does ntpdate work out of the box in such environments? If so, how? > > > ntpdate time.nist.gov > > > > > > ntpdate does not need a configureration file, just a command > > > line argument. > > > > > > > > The point of this thread was which option the installer should use to > > implement 'set the correct time on first boot'. > The main point yes. > I guess that I'll revert my commit and open a review which removes > ntpd_sync_on_start and always add -g to rc_flags and people could > argument there. I think this idea is a non-starter. Avoiding time-steps is an important requirement in some sites. As another message in this thread pointed out, restarting ntpd on a running system could result in a step if -g is a default. -- Ian
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