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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-10-20 15:14:17 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-10-20 15:43:59 +0200
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services: ntpd: Add 'allow-large-adjustment?' knob.
Suggested by Leo Famulari.

* gnu/services/networking.scm (<ntp-configuration>)[allow-large-adjustment?]:
New field.
(ntp-shepherd-service): Honor it.
(ntp-service): Add #:allow-large-adjustment? and honor it.
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
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@@ -8284,10 +8284,13 @@ configure networking."
 @end deffn
 
 @deffn {Scheme Procedure} ntp-service [#:ntp @var{ntp}] @
-  [#:servers @var{%ntp-servers}]
+  [#:servers @var{%ntp-servers}] @
+  [#:allow-large-adjustment? #f]
 Return a service that runs the daemon from @var{ntp}, the
 @uref{http://www.ntp.org, Network Time Protocol package}.  The daemon will
 keep the system clock synchronized with that of @var{servers}.
+@var{allow-large-adjustment?} determines whether @command{ntpd} is allowed to
+make an initial adjustment of more than 1,000 seconds.
 @end deffn
 
 @defvr {Scheme Variable} %ntp-servers