[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#370332: Bug#370332: ntp: keep server list separate from other ntp.conf settings

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 08:52:47PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi Kurt,
> 
> On Wednesday 06 February 2008 19:47, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> > > It would therefore make sense if the server list could be read in from a
> > > separate file, /etc/ntp.servers say.  This could be done either as an
> > > #include mechanism reading /etc/ntp.conf (bug #370332 says this does not
> > > yet exist),
> > The current version has an "includefile" option which you can use for
> > this.
> 
> Where is that option described? I checked man ntp.conf and man ntpd but 
> couldnt find it.

/usr/share/doc/ntp-doc/html/miscopt.html

> Also, wouldnt we still need to modify a configfile to use that option?

Well, I guess it would be best if we modified the file to use that.


Kurt