From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0931F1391DB for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:42:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 69CC9E0C16; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:42:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f174.google.com (mail-we0-f174.google.com [74.125.82.174]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B5A0E0C11 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:42:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f174.google.com with SMTP id x48so5471619wes.33 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 05:42:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=vZ200d7oER4Js/ttSlduUsblfhc//wgIevBb4VdGniM=; b=IWKX3V7dmiDhIq/dAYZ7SQ1yYju9xvMZb3beg5juaIrYuWaFt65YOveNgKPu1BlenJ lPhRMItVcMzhppWTjXBeTE0/v/Esy1TZkIGGpqSLp1Yz55PoeO5+dffZ/pb8AuzHa5E9 sjr3bxruqOEnkG7k2GaEfzuc/4g84HHCfLraaeH7AmxC+8AdbEnIe69A1kwZDZ9wrGrn /FQschT7GIlagNvxlpBwvcyFM6Cl2lgRK7d6XWMOd+b4POQ5mwN2vyZgnvXa1ImUA8PE lCSBKAnL6Ko08vUbJMW16yprmZfywtwjbS5zfHcFD1Ju5EFC2PKXbR3aJUThSDBRhdsE EfvQ== X-Received: by 10.180.73.109 with SMTP id k13mr13076001wiv.11.1406378535477; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 05:42:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (213-154-212-42.static.vega-ua.net. [213.154.212.42]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id n8sm7126111wia.19.2014.07.26.05.42.14 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 26 Jul 2014 05:42:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53D3A22C.4050605@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:42:20 +0300 From: Alexander Kapshuk User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: re: which NTPd package to use? References: <53D39983.8050706@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 479394ad-368b-450b-9dc5-132107c7c684 X-Archives-Hash: 7008e70575d906a0d591c149514611e4 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.