Pardon my stupidity. ntpdate -q meets my need fine. So does downloading the
time from any server that posts a continually updated value of "now". See:
https://superuser.com/questions/635020/how-to-know-current-time-from-internet-from-command-line-in-linux
So I have my work-around. It's still
Mea culpa for redundant post. I entered it on a different page & didn't
realize it would wind up here anyway. And 8 was correct, not 9. I'd at
least edit it out, but I see no button for that.
BTW, unless and until this is fixed, anybody got a workaround for
querying to see how accurate the
"fix released" was 9 months ago and this still affects Trusty, which is
LTS with 3 years to go.
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where is the ntpctl command?
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"status:Confirmed → Fix Released"
What's that mean exactly? It's 8 months since the preceding post and it isn't
fixed in 14.04 LTS as of 2016 September 12. Is it going to be, or is Trusty
abandoned, despite being LTS with 3 years to go before EOL? How soon is "soon"?
Is it fixed in
Fixed on latest Debian version. Should be pulled in into Ubuntu soon.
** Changed in: openntpd (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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Hope this gets fixed.
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Debian have an upgraded version with that module included. Ubuntu needs
to sync it asap.
openntpd (20150108~5.7p1-1) experimental; urgency=medium
.
* The 'Make-space-on-the-shelf-for-my-new-hero!' dupload.
* New OpenNTPd portable branch maintainer, by BrentCook, import 5.7p:
- Drop
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: openntpd (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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