Compatibility to ntpdate

[mowgli]

Currently I want to use adjtimex on gentoo where no dedicated ntpdate is available and the output of ntpdate from net-misc/ntp is incompatible to the format, adjtimex is using. Additionally, there is a dedicated ntpclient (net-misc/sntpd)

Here is the output of ntpdate from net-misc/ntp (with the same parameter, adjtimex is using, -q -d):

16 Jan 21:58:59 ntpdate[26949]: ntpdate 4.2.8p15@1.3728-o Sat Jan 16 20:38:39 UTC 2021 (1)
transmit(192.168.17.4)
receive(192.168.17.4)

server 192.168.17.4, port 123
stratum 2, precision -24, leap 00, trust 000
refid [192.33.96.102], root delay 0.003906, root dispersion 0.026184
reference time:      e3adcf9b.d6cb0aa6  Sat, Jan 16 2021 21:48:27.839
originate timestamp: e3add213.76340ba6  Sat, Jan 16 2021 21:58:59.461
transmit timestamp:  e3add213.2a7969ac  Sat, Jan 16 2021 21:58:59.165
delay 0.02641, dispersion 0.00000, offset +0.295302

16 Jan 21:58:59 ntpdate[26949]: adjust time server 192.168.17.4 offset +0.295302 sec

Could adjtimex be updated to use this newer output? Or alternative use ntpclient?

[rogers0]

@mowgli

Thanks for the report!
I think it's the same issue in Debian BTS:

• https://bugs.debian.org/944867

So the solution is to add "-p4" to ntpdate command:

$ sudo ntpdate -d -p4 -q pool.ntp.org

[mowgli]

So, as ntpdate is called by adjtimex, this is nothing I can do without recompiling.

[rogers0]

Yes, I'll update this in next upload.