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Re: [gpsd-dev] Fw: [gpsd-commit-watch] [SCM] GPSD branch, master, update
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Eric S. Raymond |
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Re: [gpsd-dev] Fw: [gpsd-commit-watch] [SCM] GPSD branch, master, updated. release-3.9-523-g51b904c |
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Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:29:49 -0400 |
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Gary E. Miller <address@hidden>:
> Build, yes. Work, no. As presently designed chrony needs ntpshm. So
> if you set ntpshm you need to set chrony=no. All this work to avoid
> compiling 20 lines of code?
No. All this work to get two different time-reporting modes properly
separated so that the code is maintainable and extensible. Now, when
you fix the code so that chrony *doesn't* depend on the ntpd support,
the result won't be a hairball.
> I would much rather you finally find and fix the very real permissions
> dropping problems.
Working on it.
> > All regression tests pass.
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> There are no ntpshm pr chrony regression tests...
I know. I put those lines in so that when the basic regression tests
fail, I can easily find where to bisect from.
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<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>
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