NetBSD 6.1.5 doesn't have ldexpl in math.h

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> 
> devel at ntpsec.org said:
> > I think C99 was used here to to include the whole NTPsec policy of also
> > wanting POSIX conformance.  POSIX very much defines how the clock is played
> > with. 
> 
> POSIX defines ways to access the clock, but only the simple functions like 
> reading and setting the clock.  It doesn't cover how to slew the clock or 
> tweak the clock speed (drift) - things like ntp_adjtime or adjtime(x).

That is correct, but not relevant to the discussion of whether to keep
NetBSD 6 and old Mac OS X around.  They have to have those primitives
or we couldn't have had them in the discussion at all.
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