[ntpsec commit] Documentation polishing.
Eric S. Raymond
esr at ntpsec.org
Wed Sep 30 16:19:49 UTC 2015
Module: ntpsec
Branch: master
Commit: 90019799de40252e211022b13a116154839755a5
Changeset: http://git.ntpsec.org/ntpsec/commit/?id=90019799de40252e211022b13a116154839755a5
Author: Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com>
Date: Wed Sep 30 12:19:21 2015 -0400
Documentation polishing.
---
devel-docs/TODO | 17 ++++++++++-------
scripts/README | 7 +++----
util/README | 5 +----
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/devel-docs/TODO b/devel-docs/TODO
index a0c8aa0..c256497 100644
--- a/devel-docs/TODO
+++ b/devel-docs/TODO
@@ -16,21 +16,21 @@ None right now. (Sep-22 2015)
build + platform information
* scripts/*/*.in and scripts/ntpsweep.in need to be expanded into the
-actual scripts by substituting in @-cookies. So do all files in the tree
-with extension *.txt.in.
+ actual scripts by substituting in @-cookies. So do all files in the tree
+ with extension *.txt.in.
* The install production needs to warn of stale ntpdc and ntpdate binaries.
-* There are still around 270 conditional symbols in the build that have
+* There are still around 90 conditional symbols in the build that have
not been audited.
=== Code ===
* The u_* types in ntp.h are GCCisms that should be replaced with POSIX types.
-* We should audit scripts/ and utils/ to see which of those programs can
- be thrown out. Some (such as ntptrace) need to be translated into Python
- and supported.
+* We should audit scripts/ and utils/ to see which of those programs
+ can be thrown out (some, like util/kern.c, don't even build). Some
+ (such as ntptrace) need to be translated into Python and supported.
=== Porting ===
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ a file and getting them from other NTP servers.
* Option testing. The new, non-autogen option-processing logic
is not yet tested anywhere but in ntpd itself.
+* The script tests in scripts/t should be investigated, perhaps
+ they are salvageable.
+
=== Documentation ===
* man pages outside of docs/ need to be merged with the
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ is not yet tested anywhere but in ntpd itself.
=== Remaining procedural issues ===
* The dev changes need to be fed through through Phabricator,
-reviewed, and if necessary fixed.
+ reviewed, and if necessary fixed.
* Version-numbering policy needs to be decided and written up.
diff --git a/scripts/README b/scripts/README
index c4e7624..1a36112 100644
--- a/scripts/README
+++ b/scripts/README
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-== README file for directory ./scripts of the NTP Version 4 distribution ==
+== README file for directory scripts/ ==
This directory contains shell and perl script files for the configuration,
-monitoring and support of NTP installations. See the README and RELNOTES
-files in the parent directory for directions on how to use these files.
+monitoring and support of NTP installations.
calc_tickadj:: Calculates "optimal" value for tick given ntp.drift file
monitoring:: Directory containing perl scripts useful for monitoring
operations
-rc start/stop scripts for NTP
+rc1, rc2:: start/stop scripts for NTP
ntp-wait:: Blocks until ntpd is in state 4 (synchronized).
Useful at boot time, to delay the boot sequence
diff --git a/util/README b/util/README
index 76c6b8f..c1ce835 100644
--- a/util/README
+++ b/util/README
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-= README file for directory ./util of the NTP Version 4 distribution =
+= README file for directory util/ =
This directory contains the sources for the various utility programs.
-See the README and RELNOTES files in the parent directory for directions
-on how to make and install these programs.
-
Not much documentation, alas. Read the header comments.
audio-pcm.c::
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