Re: netdate missing in potato?

["Gary Hennigan" <glhenni@sandia.gov>]

Shaul Karl <shaulk@israsrv.net.il> writes:
> > I don't seem  to find netdate in potato. I am pretty sure it was there
> > in slink.
> >   Is there any replacement for it? 
> > 
> 
> 
> Not sure if I am not confusing netdate with something else but I believe you 
> should check *ntp*, and chrony.

netdate used to be part of the netstd package in slink (may still be
for all I know), but I believe it was orphaned in potato (they
couldn't find the author, I seem to recall). Anyway take a look at
ntpdate, in the Debian package of the same name. It has the same
functionality.

Gary