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Re: interfaces used by NTP
- To: libc-hacker@gnu.org
- Subject: Re: interfaces used by NTP
- From: smurf@noris.de (Matthias Urlichs)
- Date: 7 Dec 1998 09:04:14 +0100
- Newsgroups: dist.glibc
- Organization: noris network GmbH, Nuernberg, FRG
- References: <199812011429.JAA13136@blastula.phys.columbia.edu> <912523925.29259@noris.de>
- Xref: noris.net dist.glibc:7177
Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.columbia.edu> writes:
> We currently export both `adjtimex' and `__adjtimex'. NTP only looks
> for `__adjtimex'. Should we leave this alone, or should we hide
> __adjtimex?
>
NTP also looks for ntp_gettime(), which it obviously won't find either, and
refuses to work sensibly if it doesn't.
Therefore current NTP needs a patch for glibc anyway. Therefore, hiding
__adjtimex() would not hurt anybody.
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