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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 04:48:10PM +0200, Frank Muzzulini wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For years now ntpdate is deprecated for, but I still use it. It does
> two things that can not be done otherwise:
>
> 1. Sync the local clock once with a single command, without the
> necessity to write a config file
>
> 2. Determine the offset of the local clock compared to a time server
> with a single command (option -q).
>
> Would it be desirable to add these functions to chronyd?
I think it could be useful. The latest ntpd development versions allow
servers to be specified on the command line and it has an ntpdate
mode, maybe we could add something similar to chrony.
--
Miroslav Lichvar
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