svn commit: r326095 - head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts

[Ian Lepore]

On Wed, 2017-11-22 at 15:27 +0000, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> Author: manu
> Date: Wed Nov 22 15:27:47 2017
> New Revision: 326095
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/326095
> 
> Log:
>   bsdinstall: Add ntpdate option
>   
>   When you install a computer for the first time, the date in the CMOS sometimes
>   not accurate and you need to ntpdate as ntpd will fail a the time difference
>   is too big.
>   Add an option in bsdinstall to enable ntpdate that will do that for us.
>   
>   Reviewed by:	allanjude
>   Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D13149
> 
> Modified:
>   head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/services
> 
> Modified: head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/services
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/services	Wed Nov 22 15:18:11 2017	(r326094)
> +++ head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/services	Wed Nov 22 15:27:47 2017	(r326095)
> @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ DAEMONS=$( dialog --backtitle "FreeBSD Installer" \
>  	local_unbound "Local caching validating resolver" ${local_unbound:-off} \
>  	sshd	"Secure shell daemon" ${sshd_enable:-off} \
>  	moused	"PS/2 mouse pointer on console" ${moused_enable:-off} \
> +	ntpdate	"Synchronize system and network time at bootime" \
> +		${ntpdate_enable:-off} \
>  	ntpd	"Synchronize system and network time" ${ntpd_enable:-off} \
>  	powerd	"Adjust CPU frequency dynamically if supported" \
>  		${powerd_enable:-off} \
> 

The right way to enable a time-step at boot is to set the rc conf
variable ntpd_sync_on_start to YES.  ntpdate has been deprecated for
*years*.

-- Ian