On 9/04/2015 2:48 AM, Matt Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I just upgraded my server to 10.1-STABLE r281264 and when I ran > mergemaster it told me that /etc/rc.d/ntpd was stale and would I like to > delete it. It's never done this before. I've figured out it's because I > have WITHOUT_NTP=yes in /etc/src.conf. I did this because I use the > ports version of ntpd and thus wanted to remove the base installed > version so that when I run commands like ntpq it's using my possibly > newer port installed version and not the older one. > > However, the port version doesn't have its own rc script. It usually > uses the base version with ntpd_program and ntpd_config set. With this > latest change it means I have to have the base version installed again. > Is it possible to get the port version to have its own rc script? >
Hi Matt, It is certainly *possible*, and best addressed with an enhancement request (via Bugzilla) to the NTP port maintainer, who I've CC'd here. I like the idea as it improves user experience, removes a POLA violation, and further decouples ports/pkg from base (which we like) ./koobs _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"