On 2019-07-27 09:20, Ian Zimmerman <i...@very.loosely.org> wrote: > On 2019-07-27 07:42, Aidan Harris wrote: > >> I run openrc with rc_parallel enabled and I end up booting so fast >> that by the time ntp-client starts DNS resolution is not properly >> available yet (I use a local DNS resolver so even though networking is >> up my local resolver takes a while - a small while, but enough of a >> while to be a problem - to be "ready") so the service fails to >> start. To work around this I added a few lines of shell to the start >> function: > > I take it that you stick with the default ntp configuration, with > syncing from a pool. I do not; I have found a few public stratum 1 > servers relatively close to me, and I use them in general, via their IP > addresses and not via their DNS names. > > On my desktop and on my Pi, which do not need mobility, I don't even do > that: I sync to my router. It makes a fine stratum 2 NTP server :-) > > -- > Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, > if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. > To reply privately _only_ on Usenet and on broken lists > which rewrite From, fetch the TXT record for no-use.mooo.com.
You inspired me. Maybe I can build a NTP server on my Rasp Pi in the local network and sync from it. It should be a little bit faster and save me...well, 3 seconds ;-)
