* frantisek holop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-22 22:30]:
> my mirror still did not get this, so i applied manually.

ofcourse not, it wasnot commited but asked to be tested...

> first test case:
> <new ntpd installed>
> 
> amaaq> alias p
> p='ps -u'
> amaaq> p -ax | grep ntpd
> _ntp     18531  0.0  0.1   424   728 ??  Is     8:24PM    0:00.06 ntpd: ntp 
> eng
> root     27267  0.0  0.1   480   776 ??  Ss     8:24PM    0:00.01 ntpd: [priv]
> amaaq> sudo kill 27267
> <yank out ethernet cable, leave interface up, just curious>
> amaaq> sudo /usr/sbin/ntpd -s
> <hangs, after couple of "unsuccesful" ^C's i put back ethernet cable,
>  when line comes back up, terminates>
> ^C^C^C^CTerminating

there you run into the problem imentioned earlier, the dns requests 
block the parent

> second test case:
> 
> amaaq> p -ax | grep ntpd
> f        30100  0.0  0.0   628     4 p3  R+    10:17PM    0:00.00 grep ntpd 
> (ks
> amaaq> sudo ifconfig rl0 down
> amaaq> sudo /usr/sbin/ntpd -s
> <after 10-15s i get back shell, ntpd running>
> ammaq>
> amaaq> sudo sh /etc/netstart
> <finish mail ;-) >

there they don't and the reglar 15 second timeout kicks in

> so to conclude, when no active interface is present it works.
> would it be also so trivial to fix the first test case?

no.
as said, ihave an idea. maybe soon...

> or perhaps i just didn't wait long enough for a timeot?  

it will eventually timne out, but it might take quite some time...

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