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On 07/26/2014 03:31 PM, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: |
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> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:05:23 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: |
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>> Which NTPd package would the list recommend using, ntp, openntpd, or |
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>> some other package? |
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> chrony - no competition, even for servers. ntpd is way overrated, |
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> unnecessarily hard to setup correctly, fragile and contrary to |
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> popular belief not even that accurate, unless you use external |
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> HW clocks. Chrony is maintained by Red Hat in cooperation with the |
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> timekeeping code in the kernel. |
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>> openntpd seems to be easier to set up according to wiki.gentoo.org. |
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> Many many years ago I helped port openntpd to Linux. It was OK-ish at |
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> the time and easier/less hassle than ntpd, but the portable version for |
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> Linux stopped working reliably many years ago due to kernel changes. |
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> IMHO it really should no longer be in the tree since it gives a false |
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> sense of accuracy. |
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> just my 0.01€.. |
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> -h |
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Is this gentoo wiki article still relevant when it comes to configuring |
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chrony on gentoo? |
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http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Chrony |
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Or should I stick to the instructions given here: |
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/usr/share/doc/chrony-1.29.1/chrony.txt.bz2 |
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Thanks. |