Package: ntpdate Version: 1:4.2.0a+stable-9 Severity: normal Hi,
in recent versions of ntpdate, NTPSERVERS in /etc/default/ntpdate provides four servers to get the current time from: NTPSERVERS="0.debian.pool.ntp.org 1.debian.pool.ntp.org 2.debian.pool.ntp.org 3.debian.pool.ntp.org" Passing multiple servers to ntpdate tremendously slows down the execution of ntpdate: denkbrett:~# time ntpdate 0.debian.pool.ntp.org 1.debian.pool.ntp.org 2.debian.pool.ntp.org 3.debian.pool.ntp.org > /dev/null real 0m10.812s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.008s denkbrett:~# time ntpdate 0.debian.pool.ntp.org > /dev/null real 0m3.404s user 0m0.004s sys 0m0.004s At least for desktop machines, using multiple time servers is not necessary, so it should be configurable through debconf if all servers are to be used, or only one, determined dynamically. The latter could be achieved by setting NTPSERVERS to something like $(($RANDOM%4)).debian.pool.ntp.org (which is a bashism, unfortunately). Regards, Wolf -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16 Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages ntpdate depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcap1 1:1.10-14 support for getting/setting POSIX. ntpdate recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
