Pivot cruft in step_systime

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Fri Sep 15 01:31:35 UTC 2017


Gary E. Miller via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> Yo Hal!
> 
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:36:49 -0700
> Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:
> 
> > Can we get rid of it if very early in the startup sequence, we force
> > the system time to be at least the build time?
> > 
> > That is, if current time is less than build time, set the time to
> > build time. (no network involved)
> 
> Nice idea, but prolly breaks some regression tests.  Maybe for after 1.0?

Concur. Doesn't seem to me to be urgent.
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