Archaic wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 06:54:08PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>
>>I understand the issue about the version of ntp being old, but I wonder
>>what problems the newer version solves. I have certainly noticed no
>>problems on any of my systems.
>
>
> Well, the first and most obviously are the gcc-4 fixes. Then there is a
> fix for memory problems when dropping root privs (bug 477). The
> changelog is 2700 lines long. If you want a comprehensive list of bugs
> fixed, I would recommend you download the tarball and read the file.
OK, I looked at the changelog and created bug 1580 to update to
ntp-stable-4.2.0a-20050816.tar.gz
I'm a little uncomfortable with using a transient version like this in
the book, but it is necessary for gcc4 compatability. Looking at the
changes I see an awful lot of changes of less than 5 lines. The gcc4
fixes are:
1.1194 05/07/19 21:20:36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] +4 -0
[Bug 466] Fix compilation under gcc4
include/ntpd.h
1.67 05/07/19 21:20:02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] +0 -2
[Bug 466] Fix compilation under gcc4
include/ntp_stdlib.h
1.21 05/07/19 21:20:01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] +0 -4
[Bug 466] Fix compilation under gcc4
include/ntp_refclock.h
1.16 05/07/19 21:20:01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 -0
[Bug 466] Fix compilation under gcc4
include/ntp_control.h
1.26 05/07/19 21:20:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 -0
[Bug 466] Fix compilation under gcc4
There are a lot of other fixes that just don't apply to us, but overall,
I see no alternative to the transient version right now.
-- Bruce
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