Re: [gentoo-user] Re: re: which NTPd package to use?

[Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com>]

On 07/26/2014 03:31 PM, Holger Hoffstätte wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:05:23 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>
>> Which NTPd package would the list recommend using, ntp, openntpd, or
>> some other package?
> chrony - no competition, even for servers. ntpd is way overrated,
> unnecessarily hard to setup correctly, fragile and contrary to
> popular belief not even that accurate, unless you use external
> HW clocks. Chrony is maintained by Red Hat in cooperation with the
> timekeeping code in the kernel.
>
>> openntpd seems to be easier to set up according to wiki.gentoo.org.
> Many many years ago I helped port openntpd to Linux. It was OK-ish at
> the time and easier/less hassle than ntpd, but the portable version for
> Linux stopped working reliably many years ago due to kernel changes.
> IMHO it really should no longer be in the tree since it gives a false
> sense of accuracy.
>
> just my 0.01€..
>
> -h
>
>
Thanks. That sounds interesting.