I installed the abovementioned version of NTP, and noticed some peculiarities. 1) ntp-client doesn't start because /etc/conf.d/ntp-client's NTPCLIENT_OPTS has -Q in it, which is apparently not available in ntpdate anymore. 2) in /etc/init.d/ntpd's start(), it tries to call /usr/bin/ntpd, but ntpd is located in /usr/sbin/ntpd. 3) As a solution for point 1: I saw an old bug (bug #21527) that mentioned that ntpdate was still being used by ntp-client "until a solution that works" came up. On my system, I have edited /etc/conf.d/ntp-client and set NTPCLIENT_CMD="ntpd" and NTPCLIENT_OPTS="-gq"; with this, it corrected a clock offset of one hour without doing the typical "death by failed sanity check." If you are using the ntpd program as a substitute for ntpdate, you must specify not just -q (quit after setting the time once) but also -g (don't quit if the time delta is too large); Otherwise, it exits from an excessively incorrect time. I would like some feedback as to whether or not this is an acceptable solution; it would solve the 'ntpdate is deprecated' issue, if it works. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run /etc/init.d/ntp-client start 2. run /etc/init.d/ntpd start Actual Results: 1) * Setting clock via the NTP client 'ntpdate' ... ntpdate: unknown option -Q usage: ntpdate [-46bBdqsuv] [-a key#] [-e delay] [-k file] [-p samples] [-o version#] [-r rate] [-t timeo] server ... * Failed to set clock [ !! ] 2) * Starting ntpd ... /etc/init.d/ntpd: line 30: /usr/bin/ntpd: No such file or directory * Failed to start ntpd [ !! ] Expected Results: ntp-client should do a one-off adjustment of the clock to an external time source. ntpd should run.
1/ No, it does not have -Q option, means you did not run etc-update (properly) 2/ ditto
