[ptxdist] Startup-script for ntpdc

[ptxdist] Startup-script for ntpdc

[Simon Falsig]

Hi,

I've noticed that ntpdc (in Networking Tools > ntp) comes with a
startup-script
enabled and installed in /etc/init.d by default. But is it just me, or
does
having a startup-script not really make sense for ntpdc, which essentially
is
just a client application to query and control ntpd?

In any case, the installed startup-script doesn't work, the arguments
don't seem
to make sense, and judging from the name of the script and the given
configurationfile (ntp-client in both cases), it seems to be aimed at
ntpclient
(which is a different program, available at Networking Tools > ntpclient)
instead?

Am I overlooking something obvious here, or does this just not make sense?

Thanks and best regards,
Simon Falsig

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Re: [ptxdist] Startup-script for ntpdc

[Michael Olbrich]

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:17:51AM +0100, Simon Falsig wrote:
> I've noticed that ntpdc (in Networking Tools > ntp) comes with a
> startup-script
> enabled and installed in /etc/init.d by default. But is it just me, or
> does
> having a startup-script not really make sense for ntpdc, which essentially
> is
> just a client application to query and control ntpd?
> 
> In any case, the installed startup-script doesn't work, the arguments
> don't seem
> to make sense, and judging from the name of the script and the given
> configurationfile (ntp-client in both cases), it seems to be aimed at
> ntpclient
> (which is a different program, available at Networking Tools > ntpclient)
> instead?
> 
> Am I overlooking something obvious here, or does this just not make sense?

I think you're right. It doesn't make sense. I suppose there could be some
magic that requires ntpdc to be run once at startup, but from what I can
tell from the git history, this looks like an error during refactoring. I
don't think it does any harm so nobody noticed.

Michael

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