[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#498992: Bug#498992: kernel time sync status change and log levels

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 01:48:15PM +0100, Tim Small wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The "time sync status change" messages are currently logged with
> level "LOG_NOTICE", which denotes a "normal, but significant,
> condition".  Which out of LOG_NOTICE/LOG_INFO/LOG_DEBUG is correct
> for these messages is probably a matter of opinion, but....

On none of the server I run I see the "status change" messages,
except for one about 5 minutes after booting.  At any other time
a change of the status for me is actually an indication that
something is wrong.  I expect it to always be in PLL mode (0001).

I guess it comes down to how much you care about your clock,
and expect that people using the default pool servers see
those errors more.  Looking at some of those pools servers,
their clocks are regarly off in the range of 100 ms, and half
an hour later -100 ms.  And I expect ntp to have a problem
with such servers.


Kurt