[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#418913: Bug#418913: Source: ntp: Enable Hurd build support gain

Svante Signell svante.signell at gmail.com
Mon May 2 14:22:57 UTC 2016


On Mon, 2016-05-02 at 16:12 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 03:44:12PM +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
> > 
> > found 418913 ntp-4.2.8p7+dfsg-3
> > tags 418913 patch
> > severity 418913 important
> > submitter 418913 !
> > thanks
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Now is the time to make ntp build and run on GNU/Hurd and close this old bug
> > from 2007. Attached are three patches, one for the PATH_MAX issue and two
> > for
> > changes in debian/rules and debian/ntp.install. Since the bug was filed,
> > Hurd
> > now has full IPv6 support, and especially the ntpdate package is of large
> > interest to enable time-synchronisation.
> My understanding is that hurd does not have all needed system
> calls for ntpd to work.  Has that changed?

Hello,

As for timex.h missing that's still so, but as I wrote IPV6 is supported now.
And ntpdate/ntpdate-debian works perfectly. For now we, at least me, don't have
any need for ntpd, ntpdate/ntpdate-debian is sufficient. The ntpd daemon builds
fine, but does not start, so no harm is done installing that package instead of
ntpdate (ntpdate is provided by both packages).

Thanks!



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