0day_dev/ntpclient-2018_244/ChangeLog.md

Change Log

All notable changes to the project are documented in this file. Changes to Larry's upstream version are interleaved.

2018_244 - 2018-09-01

Changes

• Add HOWTO.md to distribution and install into docs

Fixes

• Issue #3: Open network socket using the address family returned by the hostname, or address, lookup. Fix by Laura Fang

2018_176 - 2018-06-25

The Stuttgart release. Curated by Joachim Nilsson.

Changes

• NTP server argument is now optional, default: pool.ntp.org
• Restore .tar.gz archives for make dist and release
• Make .deb file part of release
• Cleanup and simplify README
• Renmed doc/ to docs/
• Moved TODO and CONTRIBUTING.md to docs/

Fixes

• Issue #2: Missing fallback to IPv4 on systems with IPv6 disbled

2017_246 - 2017-09-03

Curated by Joachim Nilsson.

Changes

• Log successful resolve of NTP host when network has been down
• Add support for building .deb package

Fixes

• Fix build warnings
• Define _DEFAULT_SOURCE, needed with newer GLIBC
• Do not overload in6addr_any, exists in netinet/in.h

2017_217 - 2017-08-05

Curated by Joachim Nilsson.

Changes

• Add support for IPv6, thanks to Dieter Ries
• Behavior change: -L now required with -n, otherwise stdout is used. This to conform with de facto UNIX daemon behavior.
• Convert to GNU Configure & Build System, with proper --enable-opts for all optional features, like precision and mini NTP client
• Relocate files to doc/ and src/ subdirectories
• Reindent to Linux kernel coding style and add CONTRIBIBUTING.md to help newcomers with basic project info
• Cleanup README and HOWTO, move to Markdown format for comfortable presentation on GitHub.
• Update and refactor ntpclient.8 and adjtimex.1 into mdoc format
• Move change log from README to separate CHANGELOG file in a format proposed by http://keepachangelog.com/
• Merge in changes from 2015_365 by Larry
• Add missing COPYING file, GNU license should be included
• Add systemd unit file for running ntpclient as a daemon
• Add initial Debian packaging to be able to create .deb files

Fixes

• Massive cleanup and build fixes to to mini-ntpclient.c from DD-WRT
• Fix compiler warnings for unused variables when ENABLE_DEBUG is unset
• Fix build error when building without ENABLE_SYSLOG support
• Fixes for non-GNU libc systems, replace %m and __progname
• Retry DNS lookup of NTP server, useful at boot and if net goes down
• Restart/reopen network socket at least once a day to prevent lockup

2015_365 - 2015-12-31

Curated by Larry Doolittle. Changes since ntpclient_2010_365.tar.gz, http://doolittle.icarus.com/ntpclient/ntpclient_2015_365.tar.gz

Changes

• Tweak coding style to work better with modern compilers (e.g., gcc-gcc-4.9.2 and clang-3.5.0)
• Make c99 the default
• List more warning flags in disabled part of Makefile
• Minor whitespace, parenthesis, and spelling changes in source files
• Move _POSIX_C_SOURCE and _BSD_SOURCE to Makefile

Fixes

• Dixed and re-enabled -DPRECISION_SIOCGSTAMP, seems to work properly with modern (e.g., 3.x or 4.x) Linux kernel
• use LDLIBES instad of LDFLAGS for -lrt in Makefile (thanks, ChristophGr)

2010_365 - 2010-12-31

Curated by Larry Doolittle. Changes since ntpclient_2007_365.tar.gz. http://doolittle.icarus.com/ntpclient/ntpclient_2010_365.tar.gz

Changes

• Include netdb.h and always define _BSD_SOURCE to get herror()
• Minor formatting to align with Nilsson's fork
• add -fno-strict-aliasing as needed by traditional network coding style

Fixes

• Fixed type of sa_xmit_len, thanks Mike Frysinger
• Dropped underscores in spelling of adjtimex(2), might make uClibc happier

2010_326 - 2010-11-22

Changes

• Allow hostname, instead of IP, to be supplied without -h

Fixes

• Fix one-shot sync using -s, broke in previous release.

2010_323 - 2010-11-19

Curated by Joachim Nilsson.

Changes

• Support for resync with server on SIGHUP
• Create .md5 file as well during make dist

2010_300 - 2010-10-27

Curated by Joachim Nilsson.

Changes

• Prefix all log messages with "ntpclient:"
• Merge the adnyw.patch
• Refactor logging to stdout/syslog using one logit() function
• Support for daemonizing ntpclient by default if run as root, assumes syslog output.
• Add mini-ntpclient, a very small ntpclient from DD-WRT.

Fixes

• Fix adjtimex() compile error on uClibc, from OpenEmbedded

2007_365 - 2007-12-31

Curated by Larry Doolittle.

Changes

• Adjustable min_delay parameter, used to be hard-coded 800 microseconds
• Remove useless listen() call, thanks to Alexander Indenbaum
• Tidy up 32-bit integer declarations, prodding from Brian McAllister
• Added rate2.awk, contributed by Lou Sortman
• Provide easy way to override 15 second MIN_INTERVAL at compile time
• Relax MIN_INTERVAL enforcement for one-shot use, thanks to Mihai Buha

Fixes

• Fix length passed to recvfrom(), thanks to Alexander Indenbaum

2006_318 - 2006-11-14 [YANKED]

Curated by Larry Doolittle.

Changes

• Default build is now -std=c99, but c89 sill works too
• Switch default compile from gettimeofday() to POSIX clock_gettime()
• More sanity checking on the NTP reply packet, reference RFC 4330
• Fractional second printing in debug output changed to traditional decimal
• New -f switch to set initial frequency
• Works to specify both -s and -l, will jump-set first and then phase lock
• New man page, contributed by Walter Harms
• Most subroutines are now flagged static to the compiler
• Structural changes to the code, such as the new ntpclient.h file
• Dropped (mostly) obsolete patches from Linksys and Andy Warner

Fixes

• Bug fix for select() error handling, thanks to Walter Harms

2003_194 - 2003-07-13 [YANKED]

Curated by Larry Doolittle.

• New -g option (has had limited testing)
• Changed max frequency adjustment from 91 ppm to 150 ppm
• Fixed "inconsistent" bug in phaselock.c triggered by large freq errors
• New files: HOWTO, adjtimex.c, adjtimex.1, rate.awk, log2date.pl
• Minor source code cleanups
• Source is now as 64-bit clean as practical; tested on Alpha
• Optional patches provided by Andy Warner, see andyw.patch
• Optional patches provided by Linksys, see linksys.patch
• Removed unreasonable 15020 day offset in date column (xntpd has this offset, which turns days-since-1900-epoch into Modified Julian Day)