Tom,
NTPv3 (xntpd) is not supported by me or the Corps. Whether xntpd or
NTPv4 (ntpd) is supported in Linux has nothing to do with me or the
Corps, but the only version we support is ntpd. If you need help with
xntpd or Linux, others on this list may be able to help.
So far as I know, ntpd is now distributed with Linux and FreeBSD, but it
is true that some others, Solaris among them, distribute xntpd.
Nevertheless, while you call it xntpd, your running version is ntpd.
Note the prefix of your log messages. It is not possible for the kernel
to simulate that. I conclude the source has been changed. I have no
problem at all with that, but the only way I can be completely confident
with help is with the unabridged version that leaves here.
The stance on man pages is strictly purposeful and with uncompromising
agenda. Man pages are not produced by me; the only "official"
documentation produced by me is in html. The html documentation does
change from time to time with varying degrees of fidelity and timeliness
when morphed to man pages. I do not do that and have recommended against
that. The only version I stand by, warts typos and whatever, is in html.
The online documentation relates to the current snapshot; the
distribution documentation relates to that specific distribution. Which
distribution your man pages apply to is a matter of wild speculation.
Dave
Tom Smith wrote:
David L. Mills wrote:
Brett,
The comments you show in the log do not occur in the version that
leaves here, so your code has been modified. Rather more intersting is
the verison claimed in the log is NTPv4 (ntpd), not NTPv3 (xntpd).
I don't know what your intention is with the log trace, which is not a
good measure of perforance. See the documentation on ntpq in the
distribution.
There are no man pages in the distribution. I don't know where you are
findng them. The official documentation from me is in html.
Dave
Dave,
Perhaps the log messages you can't find are the messages that originate
with the kernel regarding the state of the kernel PLL? The rest
all seem to be in the currently released source.
Every commercial OS distribution I know of that includes NTP calls
it "xntpd" to provide upwards compatibility for end-user scripts,
etc. Linux is the only UNIX-like distribution I am familiar with that
provides "ntpd", and, even so, some distributions still provide at least
a link to "xntpd". This is all regardless of version. The SUSE Linux RPM
for ntp, for example, is named "xntp-4.2.0a...".
man pages are usually, if not always, provided as transcripts of the
HTML-only documentation to fit into the conventional UNIX documentation
scheme that users are familiar with. I know these exist on Tru64,
HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux, but I'm sure a Google search for xntpd(1)
would find a lot more of them.
-Tom
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