[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#661629: ntpdate man page: improve documentation about -q

[Steve McIntyre]

Package: ntpdate
Version: 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-1
Severity: minor

Hi,

The ntpdate man page says the following about -q:

       -q     Query only - don't set the clock.

What it *doesn't* say is that using -q also changes the source port,
which is another thing entirely and can be quite confusing. Just
trying to debug a firewall problem and finding that "ntpdate -q" works
but "ntpdate" doesn't...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages ntpdate depends on:
ii  dpkg                    1.15.8.12        Debian package management system
ii  libc6                   2.11.3-2         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcap2                 1:2.19-3         support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libssl0.9.8             0.9.8o-4squeeze7 SSL shared libraries
ii  netbase                 4.45             Basic TCP/IP networking system

Versions of packages ntpdate recommends:
ii  lockfile-progs                0.1.15     Programs for locking and unlocking

ntpdate suggests no packages.

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