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Richard Danter <richard.danter@ntlworld.com> writes:

> Thanks Lowell, I tried commenting out everything and then adding in 1
> line at a time. Turns out it is a problem with the very first server
> in the list. If I remove it then ntpd starts perfectly.
> 
> This is rather odd as I still have a Linux box using the original file
> with no problems. It is also add that the result is a core dump rather
> than a nice error message in the syslog. But such is life.

A newer version of ntpd has been imported since 5.2.1.  
Given that it was a "technology preview" release, 
maybe it's time to update the system.

-- 
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/