Re: [PATCH 0/1][meta-networking] ntp: fix path to driftfile

["Peter A. Bigot" <pab@pabigot.com>]

On 10/09/2014 10:22 PM, wenzong.fan@windriver.com wrote:
> From: Wenzong Fan <wenzong.fan@windriver.com>
>
> Default path to driftfile is "/etc/ntp.drift", that doesn't work since
> ntp daemon is always started with "ntp" user. It should be created at
> the home directory of "ntp" which is "/var/lib/ntp/".

Could you provide a bit more detail on why this "doesn't work"? Does it 
violate the FHS, or complicate securing an image, or...?

I see that Debian apparently puts the file in /var/lib/ntp.

I certainly don't object to the change, but "doesn't work" suggests this 
patch fixes a functional bug, not an inconsistency with policy.  More 
detail in the commit message will help us occasional contributors 
understand how things are supposed to be done and why.

Thanks.

Peter

>
> The following changes since commit 17ff23b4a4a0e5ed7efde107fb00296f1ebd5fdd:
>
>    xf86-video-geode: fix build with new glibc-2.20 (2014-10-06 01:07:53 +0200)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
>    git://git.pokylinux.org/poky-contrib wenzong/ntp
>    http://git.pokylinux.org/cgit.cgi/poky-contrib/log/?h=wenzong/ntp
>
> Wenzong Fan (1):
>    ntp: fix path to driftfile
>
>   meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp/ntp.inc |   15 +++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>