[PATCH] Fix the "NTPv7" version mangling in ntpd.

Paul Marks paul at pmarks.net
Sun Jan 13 05:23:12 UTC 2013


On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Frank TEO <frank128 at ymail.com> wrote:
> After applying this patch. The "Flags" become 0x24. Version number become 4.
> Now ntpdate is willing to accept busybox ntpd response.
> $ ntpdate -p 1 -q 192.168.1.10
> server 192.168.1.10, stratum 4, offset -0.009547, delay 0.02811
>  9 Jan 17:03:44 ntpdate[12941]: adjust time server 192.168.1.10 offset -0.009547 sec

I'm happy that you've confirmed my findings, but is there anyone
reading this list who can commit the patch?  I've tried reporting this
a few times since November, using Bugzilla and the mailing list, but
so far nobody seems to be interested.


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