From: Harlan Stenn Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 08:37:08 +0000 (-0500) Subject: [Bug 492] Clearly document ntpdate's pending deprecation X-Git-Tag: NTP_4_2_7P420~2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=799a00424e2be3c6e319eca393dfa786990f37f3;p=thirdparty%2Fntp.git [Bug 492] Clearly document ntpdate's pending deprecation bk: 52f73e344UTkfBwEG4h5Be2Ka6atgw --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 85e739825..df93ced9b 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +* [Bug 492] Clearly document ntpdate's pending deprecation. * [Bug 1186] ntpd fails with link local IPv6 addresses. (4.2.7p419) 2014/02/08 Released by Harlan Stenn * [Bug 2466] Wrap NMEA timestamps in 1024 week cycles. diff --git a/html/ntpdate.html b/html/ntpdate.html index 4e893fe7c..814b17efe 100644 --- a/html/ntpdate.html +++ b/html/ntpdate.html @@ -15,7 +15,17 @@


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Disclaimer: The functionality of this program is now available in the ntpd program. See the -q command line option in the ntpd - Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon page. After a suitable period of mourning, the ntpdate program is to be retired from this distribution

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Disclaimer: This program has known bugs and deficiencies and nobody +has volunteered to fix them in a long time. The good news is the +functionality originally intended for this program is available in the ntpd and +sntp programs. See the Deprecating +ntpdate topic in the NTP Support wiki +for a thorough discussion and analysis of the issues. +See the -q command line option in the ntpd - Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon +page and/or the sntp - Simple Network Time +Protocol (SNTP) Client page. After a suitable period of mourning, the ntpdate program will be retired from this distribution.

Synopsis

ntpdate [ -46bBdqsuv ] [ -a key ] [ -e authdelay ] [ -k keyfile ] [ -o version ] [ -p samples ] [ -t timeout ] server [ ... ]

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