Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-18 Thread Tore Anderson
* Peter Eisentraut > Well, I don't know what Ubuntu has done or does, but the current > behavior was requested in Debian bug reports. If we don't run ntpdate > on ifup, when would we run it? During boot, after the network is normally started, and before system services are started. If there'

Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-15 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Am Freitag, 15. Dezember 2006 15:57 schrieb Tore Anderson: > This bug is about copying Ubuntu's current behaviour, which is to run > ntpdate on every ifup. The text I initially replied to was from Ingo Well, I don't know what Ubuntu has done or does, but the current behavior was requested in

Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-15 Thread Tore Anderson
* Peter Eisentraut > You are expected to read the README.Debian file of every package you > install. Right. You have way too much faith in our users, including me. > I don't know what Ubuntu has to do with this. You should try reading the whole bug report, then. I would expect you to hav

Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-15 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Am Freitag, 15. Dezember 2006 14:29 schrieb Tore Anderson: > Why would you expect me to read the documentation of the ntpdate > program when it is a completely unrelated command, "ifup", that I am > running? You are expected to read the README.Debian file of every package you install. > I a

Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-15 Thread Ingo Oeser
Tore Anderson schrieb: > * Peter Eisentraut > > That said, the ntpdate default configuration is optimized for > > a "desktop". On a "server" you would use ntpd anyway, so there is no > > need for ntpdate. I think this is a reasonable compromise. > > It is more exusable to mimic their behavio

Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-15 Thread Tore Anderson
* Peter Eisentraut > The ntpdate README.Debian says: > > ntpdate is run whenever a network interface is brought up. To adjust > this behavior, the file /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate should be edited. > > That file in turn says: > > # ... Feel free to change this, especially if you regularly > #

Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-14 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Tore Anderson wrote: > I also have an objection to the if-up.d script per se, though, but > this is not as strong. I simply do not expect things to happen to > my clock when I fiddle around with my network interfaces. The ntpdate README.Debian says: ntpdate is run whenever a network interface

Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-13 Thread Tore Anderson
* Kurt Roeckx > -b means always step, -B means slew, and you asked for -B before? Ranked in order of preference (as defaults, at least): 1) No gratuitous clock adjustments whatsoever (no if-up.d script) 2) No gratuitous clock stepping whatsoever (use of -B) 3) No gratituous clock steppin

Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-12 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 08:41:12AM +0100, Tore Anderson wrote: > * Kurt Roeckx > > > Can I suggest you run ntpd with the -x option in that case? > > I already do. > > > Both ntpdate and ntpd will by default slew the time if it's smaller > > the < 128 ms, and step when it's bigger. > > I kno

Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-11 Thread Tore Anderson
* Kurt Roeckx > Can I suggest you run ntpd with the -x option in that case? I already do. > Both ntpdate and ntpd will by default slew the time if it's smaller > the < 128 ms, and step when it's bigger. I know. Maybe I should have been clearer though, what I'm objecting to is primarily th

Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-11 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 12:32:52PM +0100, Tore Anderson wrote: > * Ingo Oeser > > > The proposed solution of using /etc/networking/if-up.d/ works > > without any problem for most of your users. Actually unbuntu > > "Dapper Drake" is just doing it this way and I never had any problems. > > We fixed

Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-11 Thread Ingo Oeser
Hi Tore, Tore Anderson schrieb: > * Ingo Oeser > > > The proposed solution of using /etc/networking/if-up.d/ works > > without any problem for most of your users. Actually unbuntu > > "Dapper Drake" is just doing it this way and I never had any problems. > > We fixed it for our customers the same

Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-12-11 Thread Tore Anderson
* Ingo Oeser > The proposed solution of using /etc/networking/if-up.d/ works > without any problem for most of your users. Actually unbuntu > "Dapper Drake" is just doing it this way and I never had any problems. > We fixed it for our customers the same way. This is scary. I just had a rather

Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-05-05 Thread Ingo Oeser
Bdale wrote: > It would be nice if ntpd could be poked somehow to go notice changes in > the list of available interfaces and/or server/peer information without > having to start over from scratch as happens with a full restart, but I > don't know offhand if that's possible with the current code?

Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-02-27 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 08:25 +0100, Vincent Lönngren wrote: > Package: ntp > Version: 1:4.2.0a+stable-8.1 > Followup-For: Bug #289267 > > If ntpd was restarted when an interface is added, it would avoid > problems with ntpd starting when there are no hosts available. The problem with this plan is

Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

2006-02-26 Thread Vincent Lönngren
Package: ntp Version: 1:4.2.0a+stable-8.1 Followup-For: Bug #289267 If ntpd was restarted when an interface is added, it would avoid problems with ntpd starting when there are no hosts available. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 't