Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/: ntpd or ntp-client?

[Stroller]

On 4 Feb 2009, at 18:23, Justin wrote:
> Stroller wrote:
>>
>> On 4 Feb 2009, at 13:40, Justin wrote:
>>> Stroller schrieb:
>>>> ...
>>>> I understood that ntpd was not only a server for my LAN (a
>>>> facility I
>>>> don't use) but that it would also periodically check the time with
>>>> upstream servers & keep the machine's clock in constant sync.
>>>> ...
>>> pkg_postinst() {
>>>    ewarn "You can find an example /etc/ntp.conf in /usr/share/ntp/"
>>>    ewarn "Review /etc/ntp.conf to setup server info."
>>>    ewarn "Review /etc/conf.d/ntpd to setup init.d info."
>>>    echo
>>>    elog "The way ntp sets and maintains your system time has
>>> changed."
>>>    elog "Now you can use /etc/init.d/ntp-client to set your time at"
>>>    elog "boot while you can use /etc/init.d/ntpd to maintain your
>>> time"
>>>    elog "while your machine runs"
>>
>> Right! That's the very message which caused me to switch!
>>
>> Stroller.
>>
> so use the ntp-client to set the time at boot and use ntp to  keep
> clock
> synced.

As I said in my post of 4 February 2009 18:20:50 GMT I will do so.

But I had not initially assumed that "maintaining" the time excluded  
the criteria used by ntp-client when setting at boot.

Stroller.