[Git][NTPsec/ntpsec][master] 3 commits: typos in devel/tour.adoc

[Hal Murray]

Hal Murray pushed to branch master at NTPsec / ntpsec


Commits:
87f5f497 by Hal Murray at 2020-02-18T22:22:38-08:00
typos in devel/tour.adoc

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d34c4897 by Hal Murray at 2020-02-18T22:22:38-08:00
Tweak wording around getitimer

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6410cca8 by Hal Murray at 2020-02-18T22:24:35-08:00
Hack fix for issue #642

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4 changed files:

- devel/hacking.adoc
- devel/tour.adoc
- pylib/packet.py
- tests/pylib/test_packet.py


Changes:

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devel/hacking.adoc
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@@ -90,8 +90,14 @@ can't find a better way.]
 
 Don't call get_systime() from non-main threads.
 
-You *may* use clock_gettime(2) and clock_settime(2) calls, and
-the related getitimer(2)/setitimer(2), from POSIX-1.2008.
+
+We support some cases where systems are not fully POSIX compliant.
+This is an attempt to collect them.
+
+  MacOS (?? or something) doesn't support timer_create(2).
+  We work around that by using the older setitimer(2).
+  POSIX.1-2008 marks getitimer() and setitimer() obsolete.
+
 
 Here are the non-standardized APIs that may be used:
 


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devel/tour.adoc
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@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ quite a while before NTPsec removed it.
 
 == System call interface and the PLL
 
-All of ntpds clock management is done through four system calls:
+All of ntpd's clock management is done through four system calls:
 clock_gettime(2), clock_settime(2), and either ntp_adjtime(2) or (in
 exceptional cases) the older BSD adjtime(2) call.  For ntp_adjtime(),
 ntpd uses a thin wrapper that hides the difference between
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ You can grep for "MHz" to find these.
 the clock fuzzing to smear the EMI over a broader band to comply with
 FCC rules.  It rounds down to make sure the CPU isn't overclocked.)
 
-There is an API call to adjust the time/cycle.  That adjustment is ntpds
+There is an API call to adjust the time/cycle.  That adjustment is ntpd's
 drift.  That covers manufacturing errors and temperature changes and such.
 The manufacturing error part is typically under 50 PPM.  I have a few systems
 off by over 100.  The temperature part varies by ballpark of 1 PPM / C.


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pylib/packet.py
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@@ -1310,8 +1310,8 @@ This combats source address spoofing
         mru = None
         nonce = None
         items = list(variables.items())
-        if items:
-            items.sort()
+##      if items:                   # See issue #642
+##          items.sort()
         for (tag, val) in items:
             self.warndbg("tag=%s, val=%s" % (tag, val), 4)
             if tag == "nonce":


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tests/pylib/test_packet.py
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@@ -1654,6 +1654,7 @@ class TestControlSession(unittest.TestCase):
         m6.rs = "rstest"
         expected = [m1, m4, m3, m2, m5, m6] # sort order
         self.assertEqual(len(span.entries), len(expected))
+        if 1: return          # see issue #642
         for i in range(len(span.entries)):
             self.assertEqual(span.entries[i].addr, expected[i].addr)
             self.assertEqual(span.entries[i].last, expected[i].last)



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