[ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.isc.org
Tue Jan 6 04:07:56 UTC 2009


Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> jimp at specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> Unruh <unruh-spam at physics.ubc.ca> wrote:
>>> jimp at specsol.spam.sux.com writes:
>>>
>>>> Have you never heard of calling ntpdate before starting the NTP daemon?
>>> uh, ntpdate is severely depricated, and ntpd -g is what is supposed to be
>>> used. If ntpd -g fails it is a bug.
>>>
>> Uhh, lots of mainline 'nix's don't have a -g option to ntpd and still
>> have ntpdate, e.g. Solaris 10.
>>
> 
> So download the reference implementation from ntp.org and build your 
> own!  Both Sun's own development tools and gcc and other Gnu stuff are 
> available in Solaris.  Sun's development tools are a separate download 
> from the web site.
> 
> No vendor is going to include NTP V4 in their distribution until V4 is 
> standardized.  Which might happen some day or might not!  A committee 
> has been working on a V4 RFC for almost two years now.  We might see 
> results in another two or three years!  IOW, don't hold your breath!

It's in IESG review right now. We are hoping for an RFC number shortly.

Danny



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