Redwood City, CA - 2008/05/20 - The NTP Public Services Project (http://support.ntp.org/) is pleased to announce that NTP 4.2.4p5-RC1, a Release Candidate of the NTP Reference Implementation from the NTP Project, is now available at http://www.ntp.org/downloads.html and http://support.ntp.org/download.
Bug Fixes: * [Bug 982] ntpdate(and ntptimeset) buffer overrun if HAVE_POLL_H isn't set (dup of 908). http://bugs.ntp.org/982 * [Bug 857] ntpdate debug mode adjusts system clock when it shouldn't. http://bugs.ntp.org/857 * [Bug 532] nptdate timeout is too long if several servers are supplied. http://bugs.ntp.org/532 * [Bug 902] Fix problems with the -6 flag. http://bugs.ntp.org/902 * [Bug 698] timeBeginPeriod is called without timeEndPeriod in some NTP tools. http://bugs.ntp.org/698 * [Bug 987] Wake up the resolver thread/process when a new interface has become available. http://bugs.ntp.org/987 * [Bug 908] ntpdate crashes sometimes. http://bugs.ntp.org/908 * [Bug 1000] allow implicit receive buffer allocation for Windows. fixes startup for windows systems with many interfaces. reduces dropped packets on network bursts. additionally fix timer() starvation during high load. http://bugs.ntp.org/1000 * [Bug 957] Windows only: Let command line parameters from the Windows SCM GUI override the standard parameters from the ImagePath registry key. http://bugs.ntp.org/957 * [Bug 959] Refclock on Windows not properly releasing recvbuffs. http://bugs.ntp.org/959 * [Bug 977] Fix mismatching #ifdefs for builds without IPv6. http://bugs.ntp.org/977 * [Bug 990] drop minimum time restriction for interface update interval. http://bugs.ntp.org/990 * [Bug 993] Fix memory leak when fetching system messages. http://bugs.ntp.org/993 * [Bug 997] ntpdate buffer too small and unsafe. http://bugs.ntp.org/997 Other Changes: * Startup code for original LinuxPPS removed. LinuxPPS now conforms to the PPSAPI. * Update the copyright year. * Build system cleanup (make autogen-generated files writable). * Fixes for ntpdate: * ntpdate.c: Under Windows check whether NTP port in use under same conditions as under other OSs. * ntpdate.c: Fixed some typos and indents (tabs/spaces). * Correctly apply negative-sawtooth for oncore 12 channel receiver. The file-size of this Release Candidate is 3439745 bytes. An MD5 sum of this release is available at http://www.ntp.org/downloads.html and http://support.ntp.org/download. Please report any bugs, issues, or desired enhancements at http://bugs.ntp.org/. The NTP (Network Time Protocol) Public Services Project, which is hosted by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. (http://www.isc.org/), provides support and additional development resources for the Reference Implementation of NTP produced by the NTP Project (http://www.ntp.org/). _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
