Re: 5.3-BETA7: what is purpose of empty directory /etc/ntp/ ?

From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013_at_student.uu.se> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 12:00:18 +0200 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:38:16 UTC

On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 01:47:30AM -0700, spam maps wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> There's a directory /etc/ntp/ which is empty
> and doesn't seem to serve any purpose.
> 
> In general only one file is needed for ntp(d),
> /etc/ntp.conf, so /etc/ntp/ seems to be a
> redundant directory in /etc.
> 
> I wonder if that could be removed, to keep
> /etc a little cleaner.
> 
> Note that this redundant directory /etc/ntp/
> also is listed in /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist !

The cvs log for /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist says:

  revision 1.67
  date: 2004/07/21 10:14:10;  author: roberto;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -0
  Add /etc/ntp to hold keys for ntpd.

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Erik Trulsson
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