Re: misc/44270: startup order for ntpdate and named is broken in 5.1

[Wolfgang Stukenbrock <Wolfgang.Stukenbrock%nagler-company.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/44270; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wolfgang Stukenbrock <Wolfgang.Stukenbrock%nagler-company.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: misc-bug-people%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        Wolfgang.Stukenbrock%nagler-company.com@localhost
Subject: Re: misc/44270: startup order for ntpdate and named is broken in 5.1
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:32:00 +0100

 Hi,
 
 I don't think so, because ntpd requires the local time setting of the 
 system near by the time from the time-references servers. Otherwise it 
 simply refuses to work.
 So it is required - at least in the current version of ntpd - to set the 
 time to a value near by at least on time-reference server prior starting 
 ntpd.
 This is done by ntpdate and ntpdate "normaly" extracts the set of 
 relevant servers from ntp.conf.
 For external servers it is no good idea to use ip-addresses there, so 
 named is required prior starting ntpdate.
 
 As long as the ntpd in the ntpd-version off the NetBSD-distribution does 
 not do the work of ntpdate during startup by itself, ntpdate is required.
 And at least in the case of a broadcast or multicast client I see a 
 problem for ntpd to do it without additional information, that currently 
 cannot be extracted from the ntp.conf file.
 
 Best regards
 
 W. Stukenbrock
 
 Bernd Ernesti wrote:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR misc/44270; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: misc/44270: startup order for ntpdate and named is broken in 5.1
 > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:18:20 +0100
 > 
 >  Isn't ntpdate about to disapear which only leaves ntpd?
 >  
 >  Bernd
 >  
 > 
 
 
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