[ntp:questions] [ntp:hackers] ntpdate removal is coming

Harlan Stenn stenn at ntp.org
Wed Dec 7 22:42:14 UTC 2011


> If ntp can do everything ntpdate can, why not make it a multi-call(?) 
> program (like busybox)? "ln -s ntpd ntpdate", and it does what ntpdate 
> does now when called as ntpdate.

ntpd is already plenty complicated.

ntpd does not behave exactly as ntpdate originally did.

Over time, ntpdate was used to effect two different tasks:

- set the time once, quickly
- set the time once, well

sntp can set the time once, quickly.

ntpd can set the time once, well.

Please see http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Dev/DeprecatingNtpdate for
more information.

H


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