ChangeLog
2023-09-26 - 4.2.8pl13 -> 4.2.8p17
- Slackware package list -13.37, +15.0
2019-05-14 - 4.2.6p5 -> 4.2.8p13
- Added repository link
- Updated Slackware versions for 14.0, .1, .2,
removed older than 13.37
- Moved uninstall notes to the bottom
- Use $(logname) for chown instead of $USER, more
consistant for various shells, su, sudo (if you
have logname)
- Updated prerequisites list with pkg-config, libevent,
Net-SNMP, Ruby, gtest
- Removed ancient link to AboutTime, something one might use
with Windows before XP was released; it's still there if
anyone wants to try it:
https://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/
- Added section about leap second file
- Added Wikipedia article link, it's about NTP
in general, but since it's the reference implementation...
2012/03/02 - 4.2.6p2 -> 4.2.6p5
- Updated Slackware note for 13.37
2010/10/29 - Added a sample rc.ntpd
2010/10/28 - 4.2.6 -> 4.2.6p2
- Updated Slackware note for 13.1
2010/01/09 - 4.2.4p7 -> 4.2.6
- Updated Slackware note for 13.0
2009/08/02 - 4.2.4p4 -> 4.2.4p7
- Updated Slackware note for 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2,
removed older than 11.0
- Updated the Stratum 2 servers URL from
http://ntp.isc.org/... to http://support.ntp.org/...
2007/09/11 - 4.2.4p0 -> 4.2.4p4
2007/03/16 - 4.2.2p2 -> 4.2.4p0
- Updated Slackware note for 11.0
- Removed gawk, grep links (now at the top)
Jul 25, 2006 - 4.2.0 -> 4.2.2p2
Sep 19, 2005 - 4.2.0a-20050704 -> 4.2.0a-20050816
- Updated Slackware note for 10.2
- Shortened a few lines that were more than 80 characters
long
Jul 15, 2005 - Added the development version: 4.2.0a-20050704
Jul 7, 2005 - Rearrange options to shut up the new version of find
- Run chown -R root:root on the source directory when
$UID = 0
- Updated the URL for the segfault problem to the one it's
redirecting to
Apr 29, 2005 - Updated Slack note to include 10.1
- Removed make, gcc, binutils, and fileutils/coreutils links
- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
- Removed the note about an extra SASL md5.h, it was
a year and a half ago and I haven't heard of or experienced
it since
- Replaced samples of using ntp1.foo.org, etc. with using
us.pool.ntp.org (which really exists)
- Replaced the URL for stratum 2 NTP servers
- Added links to the dhcpcd and dhcpd howtos
- Added notes about Windblows
- Changed openssl link to point to the howto
Dec 13, 2004 - Updated note about versions that come with Slackware to
include Slackware 10.0
- Added " or coreutils" to the fileutils prerequisite
Dec 9, 2003 - Added note about a fix for segfaulting ntpd
Oct 20, 2003 - Removed the "authenticate no" line from ntp.conf, that
keyword no longer exists in 4.2.0
- Added note about old md5.h causing make to fail
- Replaced > characters with &gt; so they're not
interpreted as HTML (making them invisible)
Oct 19, 2003 - 4.1.2 -> 4.2.0
- Updated notes about the paths that Slack uses
- Updated notes about dhcpcd
- Create ~/installed with mode 700
- Added prerequisites
- Updated creation of cron job
- Changed from using ntpd out of rc.local on boot-up to
ntpdate and hwclock --systohc
- Changed the prefix from /usr/local to /usr (it's closer
to where Slack puts it, but not the same)
Aug 18, 2003 - 4.1.1b -> 4.1.2
- Added a note about the prefix
- Updated notes about ntp.conf
Apr 22, 2003 - Modernized the howto
- Updated the downloaded url (to one that exists)
Feb 5, 2003 - Added 'removepkg ntp' (Slack 8.1's name for it)
Dec 6, 2002 - Added 'xntp' (Slack 7.x) to removepkg, removal of old
source dirs
Nov 8, 2002 - 4.1.1a -> 4.1.1b
- Added home page link
- Added removal of previous versions
- Updated to new http download url