Re: [chrony-users] Request: Add an optional timeout option for 'chronyd -q ...'

Hi Miroslav, (comments inline) On Dec 1, 2016, at 5:20 AM, Miroslav Lichvar wrote: >> Does adding a "-t timeout" option to be used with "chronyd -q ..." sound >> reasonable ? We would probably use -t 8 (in seconds) for the upper bound. > > So you would be ok with chronyd

Re: [chrony-users] Request: Add an optional timeout option for 'chronyd -q ...'

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 02:01:19PM -0600, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > HI, > > We are in the process of moving from 'ntp' to 'chrony' for our open source > project. > > In a matter of a few hours, I have made the conversion, including testing by > booting without a network connection, restart

Re: [chrony-users] Request: Add an optional timeout option for 'chronyd -q ...'

On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 06:30:22AM -0600, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > Certainly, If a cron job was used to periodically call chronyd instead of > ntpdate, a "-t timeout_secs" option would be quite useful to make sure a > stuck/delayed chronyd would not prevent later chronyd's from running. I'd not

Re: [chrony-users] Request: Add an optional timeout option for 'chronyd -q ...'

On Dec 1, 2016, at 6:47 AM, Miroslav Lichvar wrote: > On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 06:30:22AM -0600, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: >> Certainly, If a cron job was used to periodically call chronyd instead of >> ntpdate, a "-t timeout_secs" option would be quite useful to make sure a