Re: ntpd -q and ntpdate retirement

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 08 Feb 2008, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
> Without ['tos minsane 1'] 'ntpd -q' will fail to set the clock with a
> server listing of less than two as it seems the NetBSD default is 'tos
> minsane 2'.
>
> With the docs currently stating that ntpdate is to be retired,
> attempting to use 'ntpd -q' as an alternative had me stumped for waaay
> too long :)

The default ntp.conf supplied with NetBSD lists three servers, as well
as "tos minsane 2".  Did you reduce the number of servers without also
changing the minsane value?  If so, what changes in the documentation,
or in comments in the supplied ntp.conf file, would have saved you from
that error?

--apb (Alan Barrett)