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Bug 1716 - ntpdate from net-misc/ntp-4.2.6_p2 does not synchronize with inhouse timeserver.
Summary: ntpdate from net-misc/ntp-4.2.6_p2 does not synchronize with inhouse timeserver.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1709
Alias: None
Product: ntp
Classification: Unclassified
Component: ntpd (show other bugs)
Version: 4.2.6
Hardware: PC Linux
: P5 major
Assignee: Harlan Stenn
URL:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-11-09 19:39 UTC by Juergen Rose
Modified: 2010-11-09 20:44 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Juergen Rose 2010-11-09 19:39:52 UTC 
ntpdate from net-misc/ntp-4.2.6_p2 and net-misc/ntp-4.2.6_p2-r1 (gentoo) fails with:

 Server dropped: no data

A downgrade to net-misc/ntp-4.2.6_p1-r1  solves the issue.

A longer description of the problem is at 

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329571

Regards
Comment 1 Dave Hart 2010-11-09 19:48:06 UTC 
Thanks for the report, Juergen.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1709 ***
Comment 2 Harlan Stenn 2010-11-09 20:44:03 UTC 
ntpdate has had no maintainer for years, and has had known serious bug
for at least that long.

We have published that ntpdate is being deprecated.

Somebody may decide to look at this anyway.

In the meantime, please look at *why* you are using ntpdate, as it may
no longer be needed.

Please see:

 https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Support/StartingNTP4

and

 https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Dev/DeprecatingNtpdate

for more information.

Feedback on and improvement to those pages are appreciated.