Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Ticket #64142, comment 3


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Dec 6, 2021, 1:45:30 PM (3 years ago)
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  • Ticket #64142, comment 3

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    33It emulates the original `ntpstat` program written in C by G. Richard Keech, which implemented a subset of the mode6 protocol supported by ntpd.  But please note that it has an additional dependency that the original `ntpstat` did not have.  It requires `gawk` (at least on older Macs where `awk` is pretty limited.  I had to patch the original script replacing `awk` with `gawk` everywhere to make the newer `ntpstat` work on my older Macs).
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    5 Another downside to the newer `ntpstat` program -- it is NOT fully POSIX shell (sh) compatible.  It would have been better to use functions (like the original `ntpstat` program) instead of using ntpq in "raw" mode in a bash script.  (see https://github.com/mlichvar/ntpstat/pull/4)
     5Another downside to the newer `ntpstat` program -- it is NOT fully POSIX shell (sh) compatible.  It would have been better if functions using NTP control messages to ntpd were used (like the original `ntpstat` program) instead of using `ntpq` in "raw"mode . (see https://github.com/mlichvar/ntpstat/pull/4).  But that is a lot more work.
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    77On the bright side,  unlike the original `ntpstat` program, the newer `ntpstat` supports not only ntp but also chronyc.  It is also actively developed.