Re: xntp3: init script is not very policy-compliant
On Sun, Jun 14, 1998 at 12:38:00PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> wrote:
> > Have you actually tried this and found something different?
>
> I've run ntpdate numerous times with xntp already running.
>
> > I've actually had several folks request that I break ntpdate out into a
> > separate package, so that they could install just it and configure some hosts
> > to run it against at boot without having the full xntpd installation around.
> > I have mixed feelings about this, but understand the motivations. Anyone else
> > care to comment?
>
> The package has an installed-size of 355 (k). If that's a problem, we
> need a more general mechanism to tell dpkg to install only part of a package.
I think we need a way to install a package without automatically having its
server part configured and running. This is needed in many packages (e.g.:
ssh).
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