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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: |
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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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> |
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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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I'm looking into `rdate'. But here is the list of dependencies that |
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comes up. I think Mr. Fish may have hit the nail on the "recursive |
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dependencies", as I do have 'python' and 'php' in my USE flags |
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(included below). |
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emerge -pvt net-misc/ntp |
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These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: |
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Calculating dependencies ...done! |
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[ebuild N ] dev-php/php-4.4.0-r4 -X +berkdb +crypt -curl -debug |
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- -doc (-fdftk) -firebird -flash -freetds -gd -gd-external +gdbm -gmp |
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- -hardenedphp -imap (-informix) -ipv6 (-java) +jpeg -kerberos -ldap |
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- -mcal -memlimit -mssql -mysql +ncurses +nls (-oci8) -odbc +pam +png |
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- -postgres +readline -snmp +spell +ssl -tiff +truetype +xml2 -yaz 4,339 kB |
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[ebuild N ] net-misc/ntp-4.2.0.20040617-r3 -debug -ipv6 |
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- -logrotate -nodroproot -openntpd -parse-clocks (-selinux) +ssl 2,403 kB |
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[ebuild N ] sys-libs/libcap-1.10-r5 -nocxx +python -static 38 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-lang/swig-1.3.21 -X -doc -guile (-java) +perl |
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+php +python -ruby -tcltk 1,975 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-php/mod_php-4.4.0-r9 -X +apache2 +berkdb |
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+crypt -curl -debug -doc (-fdftk) -firebird -flash -freetds -gd |
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- -gd-external +gdbm -gmp -hardenedphp -imap (-informix) -ipv6 (-java) |
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+jpeg -kerberos -ldap -mcal -memlimit -mssql -mysql +nls (-oci8) -odbc |
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+pam +png -postgres -snmp +spell +ssl -tiff +truetype +xml2 -yaz 0 kB |
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[ebuild N ] media-libs/t1lib-5.0.2 -X -doc 1,657 kB |
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[ebuild N ] media-libs/freetype-1.3.1-r4 +nls -tetex 1,919 kB |
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[ebuild N ] media-libs/libpng-1.2.8 -doc 0 kB |
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[ebuild NS ] sys-libs/db-1.85-r2 279 kB |
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[ebuild N ] app-text/sablotron-1.0.1 -doc +perl 474 kB |
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[ebuild N ] media-libs/jpeg-6b-r5 0 kB |
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[ebuild N ] net-www/apache-2.0.55-r1 +apache2 -debug -doc |
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- -ldap -mpm-leader (-mpm-peruser) -mpm-prefork -mpm-threadpool |
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- -mpm-worker -no-suexec (-selinux) +ssl -static-modules +threads 4,684 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-libs/apr-util-0.9.7 +berkdb +gdbm -ldap 724 kB |
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[ebuild N ] app-misc/mime-types-4 7 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-libs/apr-0.9.7 -ipv6 -urandom 1,020 kB |
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[ebuild N ] net-www/gentoo-webroot-default-0.2 -no-htdocs 64 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.15 +crypt -debug +python |
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- -static 1,780 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.23 -debug -doc -ipv6 |
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+python +readline 3,338 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-libs/libmcrypt-2.5.7 511 kB |
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[ebuild N ] media-libs/freetype-2.1.9-r1 -bindist -doc +zlib 0 kB |
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[ebuild N ] app-text/aspell-0.50.5-r4 -gpm 992 kB |
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USE flags from `emerge --info': |
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USE="sparc apache2 arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdb crypt cups |
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dlloader eds encode esd expat fastcgi fbcon foomaticdb fortran gcc64 |
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gdbm gif gstreamer gtk2 iconv imlib javascript jpeg libwww mad mbox |
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mhash mikmod milter mime motif mpeg ncurses nls nptl ogg opengl oss |
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pam pcre pdflib perl php png python readline sdl socketstcpd spell ssl |
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symlink tcpd threads tidy truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev |
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vhosts vorbis xml xml2 xmlrpc xmms xsl xv zlib userland_GNU |
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kernel_linux elibc_glibc" |
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(NOTE: This differs from what is actuall in my '/etc/make.conf'): |
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USE="-X -kde -qt -gnome -gtk perl php python ssl apache2 fastcgi iconv |
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java javascript libwww mime milter mbox ncurses pcre socketstcpd spell |
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threads tidy vhosts xml xml2 xmlrpc xsl zlib symlink" |
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gentux |
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gentux's gpg fingerprint ==> 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC40 9795 2D81 924A |
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