"M. Warner Losh" <i...@bsdimp.com> writes: > In message: <87ab2dat79....@snark.cb.piermont.com> > "Perry E. Metzger" <pe...@piermont.com> writes: > : > : Frank Kardel <kar...@netbsd.org> writes: > : > Actually we can retire ntpdate in rc unless we are very tight on > : > memory. ntpd_flags should add the -g flag. This allows for a big > : > (time setting) initial (and only one time) step in ntpd. > : > : I was made aware of that a few days ago. > > How long after startup does ntpd exit in this case?
It doesn't. -g says that the initial time difference may be large and to just step the time rather than slewing it on initial start. Then you don't need ntpdate. (You *can* use ntpd with other flags to behave like ntpdate but that's not the purpose here.) > Just be careful here about the races here... ntpdate guaranteed the > time was set and wasn't going to change... It guaranteed that the time was set -- not that it would not change. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger pe...@piermont.com
