Bug#448871: Should give us the option of syncing time

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

On Nov 1, 2007, at 3:06 PM, Jim Paris wrote:

> Rick Thomas wrote:
> > Using ntp to set the time should be a short operation.  If it takes a
> > long time, the validity of the time that results is in question -- by
> > virtue of the process[*] being used.
>
> Unless it's slow becuase of something like the initial DNS lookup.

Good point.  I don't think it changes things much, though.  If DNS is  
slow, it's likely other network things will be slow.  In any case,  
the user should have the option of deciding whether to go ahead or to  
trust the local clock.

Rick