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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Fix the "NTPv7" version mangling in ntpd.
From:       Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2013-01-14 1:42:05
Message-ID: 201301140242.05761.vda.linux () googlemail ! com
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On Monday 07 January 2013 01:02, Paul Marks wrote:
> When using busybox ntpd with an NTPv3 client and NTPv4 server (or vice
> versa), the version numbers can be incorrectly ORed together, yielding
> the bogus value of "NTPv7".  This makes ntpd unusable with clients
> such as Chrony and Windows "Internet Time".
> 
> This patch avoids the version mangling, by copying only the Leap
> Indicator bits from the server's status field.
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=5120
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Marks <paul@pmarks.net>

Applied, thanks!
Will go into version 1.21
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