Ntpd config file support

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Laszlo Papp <lpapp at kde.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Denys Vlasenko
> <vda.linux at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Laszlo Papp <lpapp at kde.org> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Denys Vlasenko
>>> <vda.linux at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> With ntpd configuration file feature, in many cases you are likely
>>>> to still need a script such as this to regenerate the config file.
>>>
>>> I would not need any script to do that and I am likely not alone.
>>
>> How are you going to get DHCP-supplied ntp servers' addresses
>> supplied to the ntpd?
>
> I am not sure what you mean. If you re-read the thread, the simple
> _optional_ configuration interface was meant to be an alternative for
> the peer and server option. It was not meant to be much more than
> that.

If you want to add optional support for parsing /etc/ntp.conf
compatible with "standard" ntpd (perhaps only "server"
and "peer" directives), it is acceptable.