#987625 ntpdate -p samples number is 1 by default, which is not consistent with manpage

Package:
ntpdate
Source:
ntpsec
Submitter:
Roger Shimizu
Date:
2021-04-26 17:51:30 UTC
Severity:
important
#987625#5
Date:
2021-04-26 17:30:56 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I found since buster version, -p samples default value changed from 4,
which is in manpage, to 1.
So it will output "filter delay:" and "filter offset:" lines by
default in stretch version, 1:4.2.8p10+ based; but will not in buster or
later version, 1:4.2.8p12+ based.

You can check the output by command:
 $ ntpdate -d -q pool.ntp.org
 $ ntpdate -d -p4 -q pool.ntp.org

In manpage:
   -p samples
          Specify  the  number of samples to be acquired from each server as the integer samples, with values from 1 to 8
          inclusive. The default is 4.

So clearly the behaviour is not consistent with manpage.
Please kindly fix this, by either change the code, or update the
manpage. Thank you!

Cheers,
Roger
#987625#10
Date:
2021-04-26 17:48:22 UTC
From:
To:
control: found -1 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-1
control: affects -1 adjtimex
control: block 944867 by -1
* https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-ntp-team/ntp/-/commit/5263b05

ntpdate/ntpdate.c
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