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-rw-r--r--etc/defaults/rc.conf4
-rwxr-xr-xetc/rc.d/Makefile2
-rwxr-xr-xetc/rc.d/ntpd5
-rwxr-xr-xetc/rc.d/rpcbind2
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
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