[ On , May 18, 1999 at 18:22:24 (-0000), cgd@netbsd.org wrote: ]
> Subject: port-alpha/7602: 1.4 xntpd says "Previous time adjustment incomplete" on alpha
>
> 	After those messages, it seems to have become quiet.
> 
> 	My intuition says that while those messages aren't indicative of
> 	a fatal or "really really bad" condition, they indicate that adjtime()
> 	is doing _something_ that xntp doesn't expect.  I'm reporting this
> 	(it may be a non-bug) because i've never seen those messages before,
> 	on any platform, which makes me think something changed for
> 	the worse.

I've seen those messages on SunOS-4.1.x too (albiet with older versions
of xntpd).

I've found they are much more common on systems with conjested
connections (eg. my 28.8kbps link, especially when I'm doing a long FTP
or two).  I don't know if this is truly the cause, or not, but I thought
I should report it as an observation.

I've never seen those on my local clients that sync to my central NTP
server over the LAN though....

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