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 B92851393DD for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:32:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F40DFE0C21; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:32:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F15BCE0BAA for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:32:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C9E333FF9A for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:32:15 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.499 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.499 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9XWcYedeuIvr for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:32:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A164233F995 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:32:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XB18x-0001Uq-Ie for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:32:07 +0200 Received: from pd953ea71.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([217.83.234.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:32:07 +0200 Received: from holger.hoffstaette by pd953ea71.dip0.t-ipconnect.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:32:07 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Holger =?iso-8859-1?q?Hoffst=E4tte?= Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: re: which NTPd package to use? Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:31:55 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <53D39983.8050706@gmail.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd953ea71.dip0.t-ipconnect.de User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) X-Archives-Salt: 1ed74769-c7a2-4413-bd2e-b7d032c79074 X-Archives-Hash: 0698b6934fd99c42a3c976c3f502acdb 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