Stop using ntpdate(1) in our startup proceedure. Replace ntpdate(1) with

calls to ntpd -g.  ntpd is noticably slower than ntpdate, but is also more
accurate.  This removes the nasty hackery in rc.d/ntpdate that would parse
out ntp servers from /etc/ntp.conf (ntpd knows how to read its own config
file).  By default, ntpd *will* sync with its listed time servers.  To
turn this off so that ntpd does not sync, ntpd_sync_on_start="NO" can be
added to /etc/rc.conf.  If ntpd is not enabled (the default), then time is
not synced on startup.  ntpdate's use has been depreciated by the ntpd
authors for quite some time so this change shouldn't be unexpected.

Suggested by:	des
Approved by:	roberto (resident ntp guru)

5 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 158f43f..3016119 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW:
 	to maximize performance.
 
 20040914:
+	/etc/rc.d/ntpdate has been removed in favor of using the -g
+	flag to ntpd(1).  By default, if ntpd is enabled,  it will sync
+	with the time servers listed in /etc/ntp.conf regardless of the
+	time difference (slew).  To prevent this, add
+	ntpd_sync_on_start="NO" to /etc/rc.conf.
+
+	NOTE: Doing a sync (ntpd -g) is noticably slower than ntpdate(1),
+	but is also more accurate (hence ntpdate(1) being depreciated).
+
+20040914:
 	The format of the pflogd(8) logfile "/var/log/pflog" has changed for
 	architectures that have a 64 bit long type to make it compatible to
 	the standard pcap format. In order to prevent corruption move away
diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index 94eb637..792b53b 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -219,11 +219,9 @@ keyserv_flags=""		# Flags to keyserv (if enabled).
 ### Network Time Services options: ###
 timed_enable="NO"		# Run the time daemon (or NO).
 timed_flags=""			# Flags to timed (if enabled).
-ntpdate_enable="NO"		# Run ntpdate to sync time on boot (or NO).
-ntpdate_program="/usr/sbin/ntpdate"	# path to ntpdate, if you want a different one.
-ntpdate_flags="-b"		# Flags to ntpdate (if enabled).
 ntpd_enable="NO"		# Run ntpd Network Time Protocol (or NO).
 ntpd_program="/usr/sbin/ntpd"	# path to ntpd, if you want a different one.
+ntpd_sync_on_start="YES"	# Sync time on ntpd startup, even if offset is high
 ntpd_flags="-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntpd.drift"
 				# Flags to ntpd (if enabled).
 
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/Makefile b/etc/rc.d/Makefile
index 61bc3e8..690256d 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/Makefile
+++ b/etc/rc.d/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ FILES=	DAEMON LOGIN NETWORKING SERVERS \
 	mountd moused mroute6d mrouted msgs \
 	named natd netif netoptions \
 	network_ipv6 nfsclient nfsd \
-	nfslocking nfsserver nisdomain nsswitch ntpd ntpdate \
+	nfslocking nfsserver nisdomain nsswitch ntpd \
 	othermta \
 	pccard pcvt pf pflog preseedrandom \
 	power_profile ppp-user pppoed pwcheck \
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/ntpd b/etc/rc.d/ntpd
index 0195b09..d7c8ce1 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/ntpd
+++ b/etc/rc.d/ntpd
@@ -15,10 +15,15 @@ name=ntpd
 rcvar=`set_rcvar`
 command="/usr/sbin/${name}"
 pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
+start_precmd="ntpd_precmd"
 required_files="/etc/ntp.conf"
 
 ntpd_precmd()
 {
+	if checkyesno ntpd_sync_on_start; then
+		rc_flags="-g ${ntpd_flags}"
+	fi
+
 	if [ -z "$ntpd_chrootdir" ]; then
 		return 0;
 	fi
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/rpcbind b/etc/rc.d/rpcbind
index 8d8d97c..32ef973 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/rpcbind
+++ b/etc/rc.d/rpcbind
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 
 # PROVIDE: rpcbind
-# REQUIRE: NETWORKING ntpdate syslogd named
+# REQUIRE: NETWORKING ntpd syslogd named
 # KEYWORD: FreeBSD
 
 . /etc/rc.subr