ports/169787: Openntpd port stomps on ntpdate in rcorder(8)

Brian Conway bugs at zxvf.us
Wed Jul 11 16:30:02 UTC 2012


>Number:         169787
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Openntpd port stomps on ntpdate in rcorder(8)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 11 16:30:01 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Brian Conway
>Release:        8.3-RELEASE-p3
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD test.zxvf.local 8.3-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p3 #4: Tue Jun 12 14:44:09 UTC 2012     root at fbsd83.zxvf.local:/usr/obj/nanobsd.tar/usr/src/sys/GENERIC.nodebug  i386
>Description:
In base, the rc.d script for ntpd includes a REQUIRE: ntpdate, which allows ntpdate to initially set the time, followed by running ntpd.

It appears openntpd's rc.d script has no such REQUIRE:, and I frequently find that openntpd will start first, and ntpdate cannot run and set the initial time. This can be a pain on a system that is significantly skewed on cold boot.
>How-To-Repeat:
Include in rc.conf, after installing openntpd port:

ntpdate_enable="YES"
ntpdate_hosts="us.pool.ntp.org"
openntpd_enable="YES"

Boot the system.
>Fix:
Update /usr/local/etc/rc.d/openntpd to include:

# REQUIRE: DAEMON ntpdate

For reference, ntpd's rc-script includes all of the following (may not be relevant):

# REQUIRE: DAEMON ntpdate cleanvar devfs

Thanks.

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