Bug#415335: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#415335: ntp: Allow to set the time in slewed mode upon installation.

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 04:02:44PM +0100, David Ayers wrote:
> Package: ntp
> Version: 1:4.2.2.p4+dfsg-2
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> I would like to see a configuration option during the installation of ntp
> which does not automatically set the clock via settimeofday when ntp is
> installed on a running system but allows to select adjtime with an
> apropriate warning about the potential delay until the clock is synchronized.

You mean that ntpd should started with the -x option?

You can already do this by editing /etc/default/ntp and adding
-x to the NTPD_OPTS.

I'm not sure a debconf question for this is needed.


Kurt