Fw: [Git][NTPsec/ntpsec][master] Retire ntpq's -O option. It's unclear how to do it right.

Gary E. Miller gem at rellim.com
Tue Nov 8 17:33:35 UTC 2016


Yo Eric!

Just look at the old ntpq:

dagwood ~ #  ntpq -O -c "rv 0 frequency" spidey
associd=0 status=0418 leap_none, sync_uhf_radio, 1 event, no_sys_peer,
frequency=-0.611
dagwood ~ #  ntpq -c "rv 0 frequency" spidey
frequency=-0.588
dagwood ~ # 

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Begin forwarded message:

Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2016 13:20:47 +0000
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <gitlab at mg.gitlab.com>
To: vc at ntpsec.org
Subject: [Git][NTPsec/ntpsec][master] Retire ntpq's -O option. It's
unclear how to do it right.


Eric S. Raymond pushed to branch master at NTPsec / ntpsec


Commits:
80a24b8c by Eric S. Raymond at 2016-11-08T08:19:51-05:00
Retire ntpq's -O option. It's unclear how to do it right.

- - - - -


2 changed files:

- docs/includes/ntpq-body.txt
- ntpq/ntpq


Changes:

=====================================
docs/includes/ntpq-body.txt
=====================================
--- a/docs/includes/ntpq-body.txt
+++ b/docs/includes/ntpq-body.txt
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ attempt to read interactive format commands from the
standard input. +-n+, +--numeric+::
   Output all host addresses in numeric format rather than
   converting to the canonical host names.
-+-O+, +--old-rv+::
-  Print an extra line when reading a single value with rv,
-  for example +ntpq -O -c "rv 0 frequency"+
 +-p+, +--peers+::
   Print a list of the peers known to the server as well as a summary of
   their state. This is equivalent to the +peers+ interactive command.
@@ -563,4 +560,6 @@ In older versions, the 'type' variable associated
with a reference clock was a numeric driver type index. It has been
replaced by 'name', a shortname for the driver type.
 
+The -O (--old-rv) option of legacy versions has been retired.
+
 // end


=====================================
ntpq/ntpq
=====================================
--- a/ntpq/ntpq
+++ b/ntpq/ntpq
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ class Ntpq(cmd.Cmd):
         self.session = session
         self.prompt = "ntpq> "
         self.interactive       = False	# set to True when we
should prompt
-        self.old_rv            = False	# use old readvars
behavior? #self.auth_keyid   = 0		# Keyid used for
authentication. #self.auth_keytype = "NID_md5"	# MD5 (FIXME:
string value is a dummy) #self.auth_hashlen = 16		# MD5
@@ -444,12 +443,6 @@ usage: help [ command ]
 
     def __dolist(self, varlist, associd, op, type):
         "List variables associated with a specified peer."
-         # if we're asking for specific variables don't include the
-         # status header line in the output.
-        if self.old_rv:
-            quiet = False
-        else:
-            quiet = not (not varlist)	# nonempty?
         try:
             variables = self.session.readvar(associd, varlist, op)
         except Mode6Exception as e:
@@ -471,7 +464,7 @@ usage: help [ command ]
             return True
         if not quiet:
             self.say("associd=%d " % associd)
-        self.printvars(variables, type, quiet)
+        self.printvars(variables, type, not (not varlist))
         return True
 
     # Unexposed helper tables and functions end here
@@ -1490,7 +1483,6 @@ USAGE: ntpq [-46dphinOV] [-c str] [-D lvl]
[ host ...] command
                                 peers
    -n no  numeric        numeric host addresses
-   -O no  old-rv         Always output status line with readvar
    -V opt version        Output version information and exit
    -w no  wide           enable wide display of addresses
 '''
@@ -1501,11 +1493,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     try:
         (options, arguments) = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:],
-                                             "46c:dD:hinOpVw",
+                                             "46c:dD:hinpVw",
                                              ["ipv4","ipv6", "command",
                                               "debug",
"set-debug-level", "help", "interactive", "numeric",
-                                              "old-rv", "peers",
"version",
+                                              "peers", "version",
                                               "wide"])
     except getopt.GetoptError as e:
         print(e)
@@ -1534,8 +1526,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             interpreter.interactive = True
         elif switch in ("-n", "--numeric"):
             interpreter.showhostnames = False
-        elif switch in ("-O", "--old-rv"):
-            interpreter.old_rv = True
         elif switch in ("-p", "--peers"):
             interpreter.ccmds.append("peers")
         elif switch in ("-V", "--version"):



View it on GitLab:
https://gitlab.com/NTPsec/ntpsec/commit/80a24b8cbe20fd465a97b0916136905fcec0e436



RGDS
GARY
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	gem at rellim.com  Tel:+1 541 382 8588
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