Quoting richard lucassen (mailingli...@lucassen.org):
> I know, but for the moment it works and it might (temporarely) resolve
> his time problem. It's quite simple, simpler than running ntpd.
1. Doing '/usr/sbin/ntpd -g -q' is _exactly_ as simple.
2. An important point: executing '/usr/sbin/ntpd -g -q' is not 'running
ntpd' in the fashion you probably have in mind, i.e., doesn't launch any
daemonised process. This should have been clear from part of the
manpage I quoted, but, for clarity's sake I'll quote it again:
-q Exit the ntpd just after the first time the clock is set. This
behavior mimics that of the ntpdate program, which is to be
retired. The -g and -x options can be used with this option.
Note: The kernel time discipline is disabled with this option.
With the '-q' switch, ntpd does a one-shot adjustment of the time and
then terminates -- which is precisely the behaviour desired by people
who (still, in 2016) opt to run ntpdate.
Thus my strong recommendation: Remove package ntpdate, as it's
deprecated and its contents will soon cease to exist entirely.
Install package ntp. Run '/usr/sbin/ntpd -g -q' as a maintenance
script at startup time -- as an exact functional equivalent to ntpdate,
except maintained code that is not just in the middle of being end-of-lifed.
> And apart from that, that a good point of systemd, if ever there are
> network problems or whatsoever, the boot time may increase by minutes
> as ntpd cannot start.
This is an extremely illogical objection from someone urging running
/usr/sbin/ntpdate, as the same is true for it.
> BTW, I'm running ntpd. And I'll have a look into OpenNTP, as stated
> elswhere in this thread.
Er, that elsewhere would have been my post. You're welcome. ;->
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