conf/82526: /etc/rc.d/ntpd is being started too early

[Andre Albsmeier]

>Number:         82526
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       /etc/rc.d/ntpd is being started too early
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun 22 13:50:08 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andre Albsmeier
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

	System: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #3: Wed Jun 22 08:46:11 CEST 2005
	HP GPS receiver attached to cuaa0

>Description:

To make ntpd use an HP GPS receiver as time reference it needs
a symlink from /dev/cuaa0 to /dev/hpgps0 which can be created
by an appropriate entry in /etc/devfs.conf.

However, devfs.conf rules are currently aplied after ntpd
had been started and that's why ntpd won't see the link.

>How-To-Repeat:

Try to sync ntpd to an HP GPS receiver using /dev/hpgps0.

>Fix:

--- /etc/rc.d/ntpd.ORI	Wed Apr 20 15:24:32 2005
+++ /etc/rc.d/ntpd	Wed Jun 22 15:30:10 2005
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 #
 
 # PROVIDE: ntpd
-# REQUIRE: DAEMON
-# BEFORE:  LOGIN
+# REQUIRE: DAEMON devfs
 # KEYWORD: nojail
 
 . /etc/rc.subr


I had to remove the BEFORE: statement before rcorder would
have complained otherwise:

root at timefix:~>rcorder /etc/rc.d/* >/dev/null
rcorder: Circular dependency on provision `LOGIN' in file `/etc/rc.d/devfs'.
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