On Thu, Sep 19, 2019, at 11:11 AM, Richard Miller wrote: > > # when timesync(8) says "$ntp", it's lying. > > Actually it's not. But it depends on having a definition > for ntp= associated with your host or [sub]network in the > ndb database.
Oh of course! I wrote a top-level definition in ndb, assuming it would be inherited by networks and hosts. I don't think I ever had a reason for that assumption beyond laziness and craziness.