Package: ntpsec-ntpdate Version: 1.1.2+dfsg1-4 Severity: minor Tags: patch Dear Maintainer,
the patch is in the attachment. Changes: Remove space characters at the end of lines. # Use the correct macro for the font change of a single argument. 19:.IR server # Change - to \- if it shall be printed as a minus sign. 69:call, even if the measured offset is greater than +-128 ms. The 71:is greater than +-128 ms. Note that, if the offset is much 72:greater than +-128 ms in this case, that it can take a long # Remove a repeated word ! 119 --> is # Split lines longer than 80 characters into two or more lines. Appropriate break points are the end of a sentence and a subordinate clause; after punctuation marks ntpdate.8: line 27 length 106 the correct time. It must be run as root on the local host (unless the option \fB\-q\fR is used). A number # Use \(en for a dash (en-dash) between space characters, not a minus (\-) or a hyphen (-), except in the NAME section. 110:Query only - don't set the clock. # Write "man page" or "manual page", see man-pages(7), not "manpage". -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.18.10-2 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=is_IS.iso88591, LC_CTYPE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1), LANGUAGE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages ntpsec-ntpdate depends on: ii netbase 5.5 ii python3 3.6.7-1 ii python3-ntp 1.1.2+dfsg1-4 ntpsec-ntpdate recommends no packages. ntpsec-ntpdate suggests no packages. -- Configuration Files: /etc/default/ntpsec-ntpdate changed [not included] -- no debconf information -- Bjarni I. Gislason
--- ntpdate.8 2018-11-18 10:11:00.000000000 +0000 +++ ntpdate.8.new 2018-12-08 00:26:51.000000000 +0000 @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ .SH NAME ntpdate \- set the date and time via NTP .SH SYNOPSIS -.B ntpdate -.RB [\| \-bBdoqsuv \|] -.RB [\| \-a -.IR key \|] -.RB [\| \-e -.IR authdelay \|] -.RB [\| \-k +.B ntpdate +.RB [\| \-bBdoqsuv \|] +.RB [\| \-a +.IR key \|] +.RB [\| \-e +.IR authdelay \|] +.RB [\| \-k .IR keyfile \|] .RB [\| \-o .IR version \|] @@ -16,15 +16,17 @@ ntpdate \- set the date and time via NTP .IR samples \|] .RB [\| \-t .IR timeout \|] -.IR server +.I server .RB [\| ... \|] .SH DESCRIPTION -.B ntpdate +.B ntpdate sets the local date and time by polling the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server(s) given as the -.I server -arguments to determine -the correct time. It must be run as root on the local host (unless the option \fB\-q\fR is used). A number +.I server +arguments to determine the correct time. +It must be run as root on the local host (unless the option \fB\-q\fR +is used). +A number of samples are obtained from each of the servers specified and a subset of the NTP clock filter and selection algorithms are applied to select the best of these. Note that the accuracy and reliability of @@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ as the integer samples, with values from default is 4. .TP .B \-q -Query only - don't set the clock. +Query only \(en don't set the clock. .TP .B \-s Divert logging output from the standard output (default) to the @@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ convenience of cron scripts. .TP .BI \-t \ timeout Specify the maximum time waiting for a server response as the -value timeout, in seconds and fraction. The value is is rounded +value timeout, in seconds and fraction. The value is rounded to a multiple of 0.2 seconds. The default is 1 second, a value suitable for polling across a LAN. .TP @@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ identification string to be logged. and could update the clock, and nonzero otherwise. .SH FILES .TP -.I /etc/ntp.keys +.I /etc/ntp.keys \- encryption keys used by ntpdate. .SH BUGS The slew adjustment is actually 50% larger than the measured offset, @@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ tickadj. .SH AUTHOR David L. Mills (mi...@udel.edu) .br -This manpage converted from html to roff by +This man page was converted from html to roff by Fabrizio Polacco <fpola...@debian.org> .SH "SEE ALSO" \fBntpdate\-debian\fR(8)
