Re: migration: ntpdate to rdate

Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]> Fri, 6 Feb 2026 12:36:57 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.ports.hurd
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to 5.2.2026 klo 17.58 Martin-Éric Racine ([email protected]) kirjoitti:
>
> to 5.2.2026 klo 17.54 Samuel Thibault ([email protected]) kirjoitti:
> >
> > Martin-Éric Racine, le jeu. 05 févr. 2026 17:21:40 +0200, a ecrit:
> > > +case "$METHOD" in
> > > +dhcp | static)
> > > +     rdate -n $RDATEOPTIONS $NTPSERVER
> > > +     ;;
> > > +*)
> >
> > I'm wondering if we shouldn't rather use a blacklist rather than a
> > whitelist. There are a lot of methods that make sense: bootp, tunnel,
> > ppp, etc.
> >
> > ntpsec's script just excludes the loopback and none methods.
>
> That could also work (exit 0 if loopback or none, otherwise fetch
> time), although I'd be tempted to exclude manual as well.

Done.

https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/r/rdate/rdate_1.11-3.1.dsc

Martin-Éric