On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:30:36AM +0200, José Luis Tallón wrote: > - For Squeeze: a package "ntpdate" which depends on rdate and > provides a wrapper script, used to emulate ntpdate's main functionality > (set the system's clock) in terms of rdate and mark it as deprecated > > - For Squeeze+1: just drop it > > > * I do use ntpdate "regularly" --every time I fiddle with my system's > clock or check a customer's older server-- for the same purpose that > weasel gave before.
rdate ist not a replacement for ntpdate - it does not use the ntp protocol but the time protocol (builtin inetd) - So making ntpdate depend on rdate is not a solution as it changes the protocol and i dont think all ntp servers also open/support the time protocol. f...@stereo:~$ egrep "^time|^ntp" /etc/services time 37/tcp timserver time 37/udp timserver ntp 123/tcp ntp 123/udp # Network Time Protocol Flo -- Florian Lohoff f...@rfc822.org +49-171-2280134 Those who would give up a little freedom to get a little security shall soon have neither - Benjamin Franklin
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