On Mar 27, 10:12 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Dowd) wrote: > Dave had talked about having ntp log an error, and/or die, if it is > invoked on a system where the time difference between the const compile > time and the system time exceeds some window. This doesn't help > embedded systems guys but it might help system operators trying to debug > why ntp can't set time correctly. I don't believe this was ever added > to the codebase.
Well, even if the code is not changed, it would be extremely helpful to document the actual behavior of ntpd -g. That way people know that a ballpark date adjustment is necessary before ntpd can do anything useful. Even embedded systems guys read man pages .... FWIW Robert Dodier _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
