On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 04:25:40PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote:
> * Toni Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-16 12:39]:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Fri, 16.11.2007 at 11:43:38 +0100, frantisek holop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > i have upgraded to 4.2 and because i am frequently without net access
> > > i see the following: at startup time ntpd just hangs indefinitely
> > > and must be terminated.
> >
> > yes.
> >
> > > ntpd_flags="-s"
> >
> > > could someone test this before i submit a bug report?
> >
> > I've removed the '-s' flag for this reason, although I would very much
> > prefer to have it in place in the case that I have net access. I don't
> > know whether it would be feasible for ntpd to see whether there's an
> > appropriate route, and whether the relevant interfaces are up.
>
> the problem is the dns lookup that blocks the parent process.
> i have an idea how to solve that, but as usual, short of time.
In my test case dns is not the real problem, the dns requests are
failing as they should. See the diff I sent earlier.
-Otto
