Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

Ingo Oeser debian-bugs at axxeo.de
Fri Dec 15 14:53:03 CET 2006


Tore Anderson schrieb:
> * Peter Eisentraut
> > That said, the ntpdate default configuration is optimized for 
> > a "desktop".  On a "server" you would use ntpd anyway, so there is no 
> > need for ntpdate.  I think this is a reasonable compromise.
> 
>   It is more exusable to mimic their behaviour in Debian if the ntpdate
>  program isn't installed by default.
 
I would agree here. 

Don't install it by default, since Debian has no way at moment
to detect "first connection usable for NTP", which is required to run 
ntpdate the way it is intended.

I would install it anyway on most machines, since lots of software can actually
cope with time going backwards and. An machine with software not able to cope
just needs one reboot more to really have the time correct AND that software usable.

That is ok for all cases I need ntpdate for which are:
- network plugging of completely new machine installed from image
- activation of reserve hardware
- periodic update of an long time offline machine.


For all other cases ntpd is better.


Regards

Ingo Oeser




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