Re: [meta-systemd][PATCH v2 2/2] meta-systemd: ntp: Fix starting of ntpdate.service

["Martin Ertsås" <martiert@gmail.com>]

On 10/26/12 17:07, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 26 October 2012 15:35, Enrico Scholz<enrico.scholz@sigma-chemnitz.de>  wrote:
>> Martin Ertsaas<martiert@gmail.com>  writes:
>>
>>>   Type=oneshot
>>> -ExecStart=/usr/bin/ntpd -q -g -x
>>> +ExecStart=/usr/bin/ntpdate pool.ntp.org
>> This should be made configurable. E.g.
>>
>>    Environment=NTPHOSTS=pool.ntp.org
>>    EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/ntp.conf
>>    ExecStart=/usr/bin/ntpdate $NTPHOSTS
>  From http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/vendors.html:
>
> "To allow you to use the pool as the default time service in your
> application, we will set you up with special hostnames, for example
> 0.vendor.pool.ntp.org, 1.vendor.pool.ntp.org, 2.vendor.pool.ntp.org
> and 3.vendor.pool.ntp.org.
> You must absolutely not use the default pool.ntp.org zone names as the
> default configuration in your application or appliance."
>
> Someone -- probably someone on the TSC I suspect as a representative
> of the YP -- should register a vendor pool so we can default to
> 0.yocto.pool.ntp.org or something similar.
>
> Ross
>
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That sounds like a good way to do it. Then we can simply use that as the 
default, and have the possibility to use an NTPHOST or something.

Should we leave this until someone registers a pool, or what would be a 
good default pool until someone does it?

- Martin