Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com> typed:
:>Synopsis:       xntpd exits if an interface has an alias
:
:System: NetBSD capsicum.wsrcc.com 1.3I NetBSD 1.3I (WSRCC) #0: Sat Jan 23 15:06:23 PST 1999 root@capsicum.wsrcc.com:/v/src/netbsd/NetBSD-current/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/WSRCC i386
:>Description:
:	if an interface has several IP addresses associated with it,
:	eg. via 'ifconfig alias ...' then xntp gets confused and exits.
:>How-To-Repeat:
:	ifconfig de0 10.1.2.3
:	ifconfig de0 alias 10.1.2.4
:	xntpd
:	ps -axl | grep xntpd
:		note that its dead.

Weird, has worked OK for me for a couple of years, two network cards,
multiple aliases on each.
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