[Voyage-linux] /etc/default/ntpdate file is confusing in voyage 0.8

Mark Schlegel (spam-protected)
Wed Feb 29 14:59:14 HKT 2012


I wanted my Voyage MPD Alix machine to have a correct time when it boots 
up so I put in a cron job:

15 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian

and so it would be set at boot up right away instead of taking up to an 
hour, I added to the /etc/rc.local

/usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian


but looking in the /etc/default/ntpdate I see this odd comment and code:

# Set to "yes" to take the server list from /etc/ntp.conf, from package 
# ntp, so you only have to keep it in one place.
NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF=yes

# List of NTP servers to use  (Separate multiple servers with spaces.)
# Not used if NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF is yes.
NTPSERVERS="0.debian.pool.ntp.org 1.debian.pool.ntp.org 
2.debian.pool.ntp.org 3.debian.pool.ntp.org"


Shouldn't the NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF here  be set "no" since the default 
Voyage MPD has no /etc/ntp.conf file?

Note, my ntpdate set works ok, I think the missing /etc/ntp.conf is 
skipped over (the script does an existence test, then continues on and
uses the NTPSERVERS value from /etc/default/ntpdate ). But for less 
confusion maybe the NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF should be 'no'

Mark





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