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On Sunday 26 February 2006 04:21, gentuxx <gentuxx@×××××.com> wrote about |
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'[gentoo-user] BS dependencies?': |
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> Why in the world to I need Apache, php(4), and a whole host of other |
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> packages (22 to be exact) just to install NTP? Now, I'm assuming that |
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> the net-misc/ntp package is actually the daemon, and not just the |
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> client. |
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NTP is similar to many P2P protocols in that "clients" are normally also |
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long running background processes, daemons (or paenguins). There are some |
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clients that use NTP messages to fetch a single time and set your clock |
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using it, but then you still get network latency "noise" and other |
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inaccuracies. For daily work that's really not a big deal, but if you are |
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going to use NTP I suggest you really use NTP and run a daemon. The |
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default config for both net-misc/ntp and openntpd does not listen on any |
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ports by default, so it shouldn't raise many security issues. |
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As far an these unwanted dependencies go, could you please provide the |
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output for emerge -pvt net-misc/ntp so we can see the whole dependency |
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chain? |
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> Can anyone suggest a client *only* package? I've got a system that |
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> doesn't hold it's time after a reboot - all I really need is the |
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> ability to update the system time. |
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Just use rdate then. |
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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. |
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bss03@××××××××××.net |
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ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy |
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