ntpd startup too early + hangs

[Charles R. Anderson]

On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 12:54:48AM +0800, Jeff Pitman wrote:
> On Thursday 03 February 2005 00:49, Charles R. Anderson wrote:
> > I'm going to take a look at this to see if it even solves this
> > problem or not.
> 
> Take a look at:
> 
> # rm /etc/ntp/step-tickers
> 
> Don't break your back, because the fix isn't all that difficult.

That isn't a fix.  In fact, if you remove that, ntpd might not even 
start if your local clock is too far off.