Re: setting the date with date [ Netdate ]

[Dave Sherohman <esper@usinternet.com>]

Peter Ross said:
> There is no difference between netdate and ntpdate, however the xntp
> package provides some more services that allow a clock to be kept in
> sync with another clock continuously.

Right, but, as I said in my original question, ntpdate is a package unto
itself.  I don't know about the xntp package (according to my machines, it
doesn't exist), but the ntp package recommends the ntpdate package.

So if netdate is in one of the standard/base networking packages and netdate
is identical to ntpdate, why does the ntpdate package exist?

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