[ntp:questions] NTP 4.2.5p180 adds IPv6 support on Windows

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.org
Mon Jun 1 11:37:05 UTC 2009


David J Taylor wrote:
> Maarten Wiltink wrote:
> []
>> As it happens, I recently had cause to install a clean Windows
>> somewhere and downloaded what turns out to be vegas-v2. As of five
>> minutes ago,
>> a new NTP is gathering loopstats.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Groetjes,
>> Maarten Wiltink
> 
> That's good news, Maarten.
> 
> So, one question which now arises is:  how should the current Windows NTP 
> handle the libeay32.dll version issue?  Having it packaged with Meinberg's 
> distribution, and putting it into the application directory seems to be an 
> approach which works.
> 
> Should those installing by copying ntpd.exe etc. from Zip archives be 
> expected to look after libeay32.dll themselves?  Should the bindings be 
> dynamic rather than static so that ntpd can fall back if the required 
> entry point or even the DLL isn't available?  Should the "correct" version 
> of libeay32.dll always be included with the Zip archive?
> 

Meinberg should be copying it to the same directory as the ntpd.exe file
which should not be the system32 directory. Hopefully they are creating
their own directory. I don't know as I have never used their installer.

Danny

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