Unruh wrote: > Harlan Stenn <st...@ntp.org> writes: > >>>>> In article <mf5866-o44....@gateway.py.meinberg.de>, Martin Burnicki >>>>> <martin.burni...@meinberg.de> writes: > >>Martin> The basic thing I don't understand in the context of this thread >>is Martin> why the behaviour with -g should not become the default >>behaviour Martin> for ntpd. > >>Because -g overrides a sanity check. > >>It is better to actively override a sanity check than it is to require an >>active action to provide a sanity check. > > The sanity check is whether or not the clock it too far off. When ntp is > started it is expected that the clock is way off, and that the sanity > check becomes an insanity check. Ie, if the system behaves badly in > situations where everything is behaving as expected, then that is not a > useful sanity check.
This exacly meets my point. Martin -- Martin Burnicki Meinberg Funkuhren Bad Pyrmont Germany _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
