Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net>:
>
> Eric said:
> > This raises an interesting point. ntpd can now tell when its on first
> > startup (absence of this file). I'm not a fan of this kind of statefulness
> > -
> > worked hard at avoiding it in GPSD - but since NTS's requirements stick us
> > with it there's a question: what else should trigger on this event?
>
> Creating it when it doesn't exist means it will do the wrong thing if the
> file
> gets unexpectedly removed.
Which is why we shouldn't lean on it for anything critical. Byut I was
thinking - may default -g on in that situation.
> We could require a command line flag, or a stand alone program.
I'd rather figure outte right thing to do *without* more gingerbread.
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