Tore Anderson schrieb: > * Peter Eisentraut > > That said, the ntpdate default configuration is optimized for > > a "desktop". On a "server" you would use ntpd anyway, so there is no > > need for ntpdate. I think this is a reasonable compromise. > > It is more exusable to mimic their behaviour in Debian if the ntpdate > program isn't installed by default. I would agree here.
Don't install it by default, since Debian has no way at moment to detect "first connection usable for NTP", which is required to run ntpdate the way it is intended. I would install it anyway on most machines, since lots of software can actually cope with time going backwards and. An machine with software not able to cope just needs one reboot more to really have the time correct AND that software usable. That is ok for all cases I need ntpdate for which are: - network plugging of completely new machine installed from image - activation of reserve hardware - periodic update of an long time offline machine. For all other cases ntpd is better. Regards Ingo Oeser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
