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--- Begin Message ---Package: ntpdate Version: 1:4.2.4p3+dfsg-1 Severity: normal The ntpdate(8) man page contains some inaccuracies. 1. It is said: "It must be run as root on the local host." In fact, a normal user can run it with the -q option (this may be useful to see the offset, even for users who don't have a root access). The possible changes are: * Remove the above sentence, as it is obvious that a normal user won't be able to set the clock. * Give more details to the -q option. 2. Perhaps the man page should say that ntpdate outputs log messages to both stdout and stderr. 3. In DIAGNOSTICS, the man page says: "ntpdate's exit status is zero if it finds a server and updates the clock, and nonzero otherwise." It is not quite correct if the -q option is used. The man page should probably say something like: "ntpdate's exit status is zero if it found a server and could update the clock, and nonzero otherwise." (I think "could" makes the following implicit: if an attempt to set the clock was performed, i.e. if -q was not used.) Or: "ntpdate's exit status is zero, unless an error occurred (e.g. the clock could not be updated)." 4. Say that the -q option can output more information (if the user needs to know the offset, he must use -q if he is a normal user or if ntpd is running). Indeed: vin:/home/vlefevre# ntpdate -v 0.debian.pool.ntp.org 26 Aug 23:49:27 ntpdate[17509]: ntpdate [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 13 16:20:20 UTC 2007 (1) 26 Aug 23:49:27 ntpdate[17509]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting vin:/home/vlefevre# ntpdate -q -v 0.debian.pool.ntp.org 26 Aug 23:50:08 ntpdate[17623]: ntpdate [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 13 16:20:20 UTC 2007 (1) server 128.10.252.9, stratum 2, offset 9.049211, delay 0.17226 server 216.165.129.244, stratum 1, offset 9.045689, delay 0.15269 server 218.185.224.8, stratum 2, offset 9.071746, delay 0.33746 server 198.38.16.1, stratum 2, offset 9.047314, delay 0.14766 server 202.89.184.139, stratum 3, offset 9.055082, delay 0.41211 server 212.101.0.10, stratum 2, offset 9.046719, delay 0.04758 server 64.142.1.20, stratum 2, offset 9.044720, delay 0.18730 server 66.180.134.50, stratum 2, offset 9.055440, delay 0.24059 server 69.42.221.102, stratum 3, offset 9.014962, delay 0.19063 server 72.1.138.113, stratum 3, offset 8.887098, delay 0.19800 server 85.21.125.66, stratum 3, offset 9.067956, delay 0.09155 server 86.59.21.34, stratum 2, offset 9.047551, delay 0.06845 server 87.232.1.41, stratum 2, offset 9.035830, delay 0.05179 server 91.121.10.81, stratum 3, offset 9.048685, delay 0.03720 26 Aug 23:50:11 ntpdate[17623]: step time server 216.165.129.244 offset 9.045689 sec vin:/home/vlefevre# -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages ntpdate depends on: ii libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcap1 1:1.10-14 support for getting/setting POSIX. ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8e-6 SSL shared libraries ii netbase 4.30 Basic TCP/IP networking system ntpdate recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Source: ntp Source-Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-3 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of ntp, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: ntp-doc_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3_all.deb to pool/main/n/ntp/ntp-doc_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3_all.deb ntp_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3.diff.gz to pool/main/n/ntp/ntp_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3.diff.gz ntp_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3.dsc to pool/main/n/ntp/ntp_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3.dsc ntp_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3_i386.deb to pool/main/n/ntp/ntp_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3_i386.deb ntpdate_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3_i386.deb to pool/main/n/ntp/ntpdate_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3_i386.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated ntp package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:18:13 +0100 Source: ntp Binary: ntp-doc ntpdate ntp Architecture: source all i386 Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-3 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian NTP Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: ntp - Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs ntp-doc - Network Time Protocol documentation ntpdate - client for setting system time from NTP servers Closes: 408219 416818 420692 439726 444633 448462 450721 451525 Changes: ntp (1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-3) unstable; urgency=low . * Various man page and NEWS fixes (patches by Justin Pryzby and Vincent Lefevre) (closes: #439726, #450721) * Run DHCP hooks as exit hooks instead of enter hooks (closes: #408219) * Use try-restart to restart ntpd after DHCP event * Wait for /usr to appear when running ntpdate on network events (closes: #448462) * Updated standards version * Updated ntpd man page from HTML (closes: #444633) * Moved configuration file description from ntpd(8) to ntp.conf(5) * Made NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF work with openntpd (initial patch by Benoît Dejean) (closes: #420692) * Added documentary comments to ntp.conf, reformatted the file a bit (closes: #416818) * Fixed whitespace in doc-base, pointed out by lintian * Removed ntpdate-debug.patch; debug behavior is now again consistent with upstream (closes: #451525) * Dropped some useless documentation files Files: 30c90528440bd2bbe5418849c655cf26 936 net optional ntp_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3.dsc 05f0c26c816d96343997003bd777724d 282911 net optional ntp_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3.diff.gz 6978c8a064f58ff078459be21aed9526 926910 doc optional ntp-doc_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3_all.deb fb14d826ca38b6565d6545451a238ce0 424584 net optional ntp_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3_i386.deb 766a45e575007df95c38533940f41234 59016 net optional ntpdate_4.2.4p4+dfsg-3_i386.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHifRSTTx8oVVPtMYRAmWXAJ90HLlyRSpmwNMHHq/EgmMDSzTCsgCfdf5B SyKqtGVk/9O3EQuxzQgf1Ro= =sfFw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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