[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#867227: Bug#867227: ntpdc no longer works

Anton Ivanov anton.ivanov at kot-begemot.co.uk
Wed Jul 5 05:45:03 UTC 2017


ntpq works.

You might as well remove ntpdc and/or make it emit a warning.

A.

On 04/07/17 22:53, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>
> On 04.07.2017 23:21, Anton Ivanov wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> Package: ntp
>> Version: 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-3
>> Severity: important
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> It is no longer possible to query the ntpd state. ntpdc fails to work.
> Upstream says (man ntpdc)
>
> DESCRIPTION
>      ntpdc is deprecated.  Please use ntpq(1) instead - it can do
>      everything ntpdc used to do, and it does so using a much more sane
>      interface.
>
> Please try to use ntpq.
>
> Best Regards,
> Bernhard
>



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