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Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.0.99g-2
Severity: wishlist
There is an error in the description of the polling intervals in ntpd's
manpage. In the manpage, it says:
minpoll minpoll maxpoll maxpoll
These options specify the minimum and maximum
polling intervals for NTP messages, in seconds to
the power of two. The default range is 6 (64 s) to
10 (1,024 s).The allowable range is 4 (16 s) to 17
(36.4 h) inclusive.
It says that you can fill in x, where the number of seconds between
pollings is x^2 ("seconds to the power of two"). Then it states that
6^2 is 64, 10^2 is 1024, etc. What you (very probably) meant, was
that you can fill in x, where the number of seconds between pollings
is 2^x ("2 to the power of the number of seconds", or something alike).
Marcel Moreaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux nothing 2.2.18 #1 Fri Feb 23 12:36:01 CET 2001 i686
unknown
Versions of the packages ntp depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.2-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
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Version: 1:4.2.2+dfsg-1
This must have been fixed in the meantime. The current version of the
man page explains this correctly.
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