Re: xntpd - VERY old folks, how about updating? :-)

[John Polstra]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ollivier Robert  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> According to John Polstra:
> > Current versions of ntpd use these features if they're available.  I
> 
> The ntpd daemon in -CURRENT doesn't use these as we cannot be sure the user
> has enabled them.

I don't understand why they're disabled in -current.  Empirically, it
appears that the standard ntpd (from the port) still works fine if the
features aren't in the kernel.  It emits a warning at start-up time,
but then it runs fine after that.

> We should make them standard IMO.

I agree.

John
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  John Polstra                                               [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
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