Unknown variable. Trying one at a time.

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Fri, 19 May 2017 12:28:06 -0700
Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

> > What does this mean, when did it start, and why?
> >    Unknown variable.  Trying one at a time.  
> 
> I think I added that a long time ago.  (several/many months)
> 
> The idea is backward compatibility with older versions of ntpd after
> we added something to one of the commands that prints a cluster of
> info.
> 
> If I remember correctly...
> 
> The first try says "send me info for A, B, C, D, and ..." in one
> packet. It gets back an error saying "unknown variable".  It doesn't
> tell you which ones are (in)valid.
> So then it goes into a loop asking for variables one per packet.

OK, but why bother the user with the low lever details?  UNless you are
debugging?

RGDS
GARY
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