[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#461473: Bug#461473: /etc/init.d/ntp restart should fail if ntp daemon is not running
Peter Eisentraut
peter_e at gmx.net
Thu Apr 17 10:54:38 UTC 2008
Rick Thomas wrote:
> 1) Wouldn't it be a good idea to include the "dynamic" option in the
> synthesized "server" lines inserted into ntp.conf.dhcp ?
I don't know. Why would it?
> 2) There ought to be some way to keep a "server" line in ntp.conf
> from getting deleted. E.g. for a stratum=0 time source. I suggest
> the string "# sticky" appearing as a comment.
I think if you have a stratum 0 source, why would you want to use the DHCP
provided sources at all? Is there really a use case for mixing manually
edited and DHCP-provided servers? After all, you will only end up
synchronizing to one source anyway.
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