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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Considering the removal of ntpdate
From:       Stefan Ott <stefan () ott ! net>
Date:       2009-04-23 16:19:07
Message-ID: dffbd58d0904230919h659e8113y92f9c42fffe1ec00 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 17:45, Peter Eisentraut <petere@debian.org> wrote:

> Nevertheless, since ntpdate used to be quite popular, I figured I'd better ask
> here for objections.

I still use it when a system's clock is way off and I just want it to
be set to the right time, right now. I guess there are options to ntpd
to do that, so maybe a little wrapper script (telling the user about
the appropriate ntpd command, similar to 822-date) might be a nice
idea.

cheers
-- 
Stefan Ott
http://www.ott.net/

"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable."  -- Frank Zappa


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