Bug#761289: ITP: ntpstat -- show network time protocol (ntp) status
On Fri, 12 Sep 2014, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> * Package name : ntpstat
> Version : 0.0.0.1
> Upstream Author : Daniel Huckstep <darkhelmet@darkhelmetlive.com>
> * URL : https://github.com/darkhelmet/ntpstat
> * License : GPL-2
> Programming Lang: C
> Description : show network time protocol (ntp) status
>
> This program uses an NTP mode 6 control message, which is the same as that
> used by the ntpq command. The ntpdc command uses NTP mode 7, details of
> which are elusive. For details on the format of NTP control message, see
> http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/database/rfc/rfc1305/rfc1305b.ps.
I can safely assume ntpstat has some sort of extreme advantage over ntpq or
it wouldn't even exist... but shouldn't that reason be disclosed in the long
description?
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where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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