[BusyBox] ntp client

[Denis Vlasenko]

On Wednesday 02 February 2005 18:32, Larry Doolittle wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 09:44:29AM -0500, Paul Fox wrote:
> >  > Anybody know if there is a small (uclibc) ntp client or a busybox one?
> > i only have limited experience with it, but i think this
> > might be what you want:
> >     http://doolittle.faludi.com/ntpclient/
> 
> The author of this program (that's me) lurks on this list,
> which you might consider an advantage.  I don't test on
> uClibc, but in theory it will work fine.
> 
> For leaf node use, ntpclient works great.  My only concern left
> with that code is the (nonexistent) treatment of leap seconds.
> That is a can of worms.
> 
> I considered busyboxing ntpclient, but there wasn't a lot of
> code to share.  If you come up with advantages to building
> such a combo, the busybox community and I can certainly help.

While we're at it, do not forget to look at http://cr.yp.to/clockspeed.html
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vda