Adam Tkac schrieb:
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 07:19:27PM +0100, walter harms wrote:
>>
>> Adam Tkac schrieb:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I just finished the NTP client/server applet. Would it be possible to
>>> merge it to the main repository, please?
>>>
>>> Comments are welcomed.
>>>
>>> Regards, Adam
>>
>> Hi i took a quick look at your code just a minor note,
>> your ntpd should support -g and -q
>
> Main reason why I used different options than reference NTP software
> (www.ntp.org) is that busybox applet is based on OpenNTP
> (www.openntpd.org). Denys already renamed all options as in reference
> NTP.
>
> The "-g" parameter is already supported and I don't think we need to
> implement "-q". You can simply wait till clock is set and then
> terminate applet via SIG{INT,TERM}, for example.
>
but this is bad for scripting. NTL using common options improves accepting
and script suddenly are portable.
BTW not everyone uses pools for ntp, eg. we run ntpd on dial-up emdedded systems
in that setup you have normaly only on peer.
re,
wh
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