Am 16.07.20 um 15:48 schrieb Vincent Lefevre:
> Here's what I got:
> 
> zira:~> timedatectl timesync-status
>        Server: 62.210.244.146 (2.debian.pool.ntp.org)
> Poll interval: 2min 8s (min: 32s; max 34min 8s)      
> [...]
> 
> zira:~> timedatectl timesync-status
>        Server: (null) (3.debian.pool.ntp.org)   
> Poll interval: 4min 16s (min: 32s; max 34min 8s)
> [...]
> 
> zira:~> timedatectl timesync-status
>        Server: (null) (3.debian.pool.ntp.org)   
> Poll interval: 8min 32s (min: 32s; max 34min 8s)
> [...]
> 
> Then I reenabled the mobile data, and after some time:
> 
> zira:~> timedatectl timesync-status
>        Server: 37.187.122.11 (0.debian.pool.ntp.org)
> Poll interval: 17min 4s (min: 32s; max 34min 8s)    
> [...]
> 
> The fact that the poll interval increases even when there are
> connection issues makes synchronization less likely to have a
> chance to work. When I reported the bug, it was 34min 8s (i.e.
> the maximum in its default configuration). I suppose that a
> workaround would be to change the PollIntervalMaxSec value,
> but this would affect the normal usage.

Hm, yeah. I guess it would make sense to reset the poll interval when
there is a failure to synchronize (or at least not increase it)

> BTW, the way it is handled should be documented (the man pages
> don't say anything on its evolution). And I think that failures
> should be logged in some way.
> 
> I could report upstream bugs (behavior + documentation + logging).

This would be great, thanks.
The upstream bug tracker is at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues

Please report back once you have an issue number so we can cross-link
the bug reports.

Regards,
Michael



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