[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#466046: man file for ntp.conf does not explain server iburst and dynamic options

Jesse Molina jesse at opendreams.net
Sat Feb 16 07:39:46 UTC 2008


Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-3
Severity: normal


The ntp.conf man file does not explain options iburst and dynamic, in the following line taken from the defaults;

server 0.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst dynamic



-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.11-sor-2007121501 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ntp depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.105      add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                         2.7-8      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap1                       1:1.10-14  support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libreadline5                  5.2-3      GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8                   0.9.8g-7   SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                      3.1-24     Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  netbase                       4.30       Basic TCP/IP networking system

Versions of packages ntp recommends:
ii  perl                          5.8.8-12   Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

-- no debconf information





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