[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#699231: Bug#699231: fudge breaks -g

[Josip Rodin]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 06:23:32PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:43:28PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > Package: ntp
> > Version: 1:4.2.6.p2+dfsg-1+b1
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > When a fallback "fudge" high-stratum setting is used:
> > 
> > server 127.127.1.0
> > fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 13
> 
> This probably doesn't do what you expect it to do, and I suggest
> you remove those lines instead.

I did that already :) I found numerous ntp.conf files on our systems with
this, accompanied with this comment:

# ... and use the local system clock as a reference if all else fails
# NOTE: in a local network, set the local stratum of *one* stable server
# to 10; otherwise your clocks will drift apart if you lose connectivity.

So it came from somewhere upstream.

The fudge option seems to be undocumented in ntp.conf(5), so what does it
really do, even?

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