[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#542602: Bug#542602: Bug#542602: ntp: Should ntp update clock before or after the syslog collector starts?

[Peter Eisentraut]

On tor, 2009-08-20 at 18:34 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> I think the hardware RTC is good enough for normal cases.  The
> kernel writes the RTC when ntpd is running.  Assuming the hardware
> properly keeps time while it's powered off, it's good enough.
> 
> I also don't think it's useful to not log the message
> that ntpd generates while it's starting.

Yeah, I think I want syslog to start as soon as possible, even if the
clock is slightly off.  Actually, if your hardware clock is so far off
that it would confuse syslog or make its entries useless, then ntp might
also bail.