Thanks for the patch! I've prepared an upload with it. I added these changes too:
--- a/debian/man/ntpdate.8 +++ b/debian/man/ntpdate.8 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ntpdate \- set the date and time via NTP 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. +argument(s) 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 @@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ authentication function. .TP .B \-B Force the time to always be slewed using the adjtime() system -call, even if the measured offset is greater than +-128 ms. The +call, even if the measured offset is greater than \(+-128 ms. The default is to step the time using settimeofday() if the offset -is greater than +-128 ms. Note that, if the offset is much -greater than +-128 ms in this case, that it can take a long +is greater than \(+-128 ms. Note that, if the offset is much +greater than \(+-128 ms in this case, that it can take a long time (hours) to slew the clock to the correct value. During this time, the host should not be used to synchronize clients. .TP @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ tickadj. .SH AUTHOR David L. Mills (mi...@udel.edu) .br -This man page was 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) -- Richard
