Bug 21017 – ntp ebuild should contain an init script for the client

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Luke-Jr 2003-05-14 12:44:13 UTC]

An init script for the ntp client would be a good idea, as it makes sense to sync the 
local clock when the system is booting. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2003-05-20 05:16:51 UTC]

the init script that already exists has the option to run ntpdate at boot and thus set the clock once ...

[Comment 2 Luke-Jr 2003-05-20 13:59:12 UTC]

Yes, but it still starts ntpd and requires existance of /etc/ntp.conf 
I just want the system to sync the clock at boot and not have a ntpd running. 

[Comment 3 Luke-Jr 2003-05-21 14:25:36 UTC]

Created attachment 12262 [details]
ntp init script

You want to put the script (attached) in ebuild?

[Comment 4 SpanKY 2003-08-06 00:48:09 UTC]

rather than using the given script i split the old ntpd.rc file into ntpd.rc and ntp-client.rc ...

basically same functionality but a lot less headache :)

`rc-update del ntpd`
`/etc/init.d/ntpd stop`
`rc-update add ntp-client default`

and call it a day :)

[Comment 5 SpanKY 2003-08-06 00:48:39 UTC]

oh, and this is in ntp-4.1.2, not 4.1.1