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| From: | Eric S. Raymond |
| Subject: | Re: [gpsd-dev] Clarifications needed for the time-service HOWTO |
| Date: | Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:55:09 -0400 |
| User-agent: | Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
Harlan Stenn <address@hidden>:
> If "at least two others" means "the one already on this machine and at
> least 2 outside sources" that's great. ntpd needs a majority clique to
> sync, and if there are only 2 time sources and they disagree then ntpd
> won't know who to listen to.
>
> H
Gary has upgraded that recommended number to 4.
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