On 4/11/19 12:34 PM, Axel Beckert wrote: > Package: ntpsec-ntpdate > Version: 1.1.3+dfsg1-2 > Severity: minor > > The man page ntpdate(8) contains: > > -p samples > Specify the number of samples to be acquired from each > server as the integer samples, with values from 1 to 8 > inclusive. The default is 4. > > But ntpdate (from the ntpsec-ntpdate package) argues: > > ~ → ntpdate -u -q -p1 127.0.0.1 > ntpdate: -p is no longer supported. > 2019-04-11 19:27:05.425533 (-0200) -0.000023 +/- 0.000069 127.0.0.1 s2 no-leap > > Seems as if -p this should removed from the man page or replaced with an > appropriate note about its removal.
Agreed. I've implemented a fix. I'll upload it soon. We're in a hard freeze, so I need to follow up on what is acceptable (not just for this, but for another bug too). -- Richard
