Re: Remaining critical bugs (IMHO)
On Apr 30, Malc Arnold wrote
> I'd argue that this *is* a critical bug. Consider the effects of clock
> skew when you're using NFS to mount filesystems between Debian and
> Non-Debian systems. This is a subtle but unpleasant problem, and it
> can cause all sorts of strange effects. That's why ntpd was invented
> in the first place; but it won't fix this problem.
This is (should be) a configuration issue. People who aren't involved
in Sun style networking but are involved in astronomy (for example)
might have a different view on the value of having the clock set right.
This issue should probably be mentioned in the package description.
There's no one choice that satisfies everyone.
--
Raul
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