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[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>:
> 
> Eric said:
> > This raises an interesting point.  ntpd can now tell when its on first
> > startup (absence of this file).  I'm not a fan of this kind of statefulness -
> > worked hard at avoiding it in GPSD - but since NTS's requirements stick us
> > with it there's a question: what else should trigger on this event? 
> 
> Creating it when it doesn't exist means it will do the wrong thing if the file 
> gets unexpectedly removed.

Which is why we shouldn't lean on it for anything critical.  Byut I was thinking - may default -g on in that situation.

> We could require a command line flag, or a stand alone program.

I'd rather figure outte right thing to do *without* more gingerbread.
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