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In order to use the BitKeeper repository version of NTP you will have
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to have the following tools installed:
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Lynx is used to generate the COPYRIGHT file. Don't ask.
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You can get bitkeeper by visiting:
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http://www.bitkeeper.com/
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We are using bitkeeper under their free license program. You can use
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bitkeeper for free to access NTP, too. If you have questions about this,
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please ask. The license is pretty easy to read.
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Once you have installed bitkeeper, you can clone any NTP repository.
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You can get the ntp-stable repository by either of the following commands:
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bk clone bk://www.ntp.org/home/bk/ntp-stable ntp-stable
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bk clone bk://ntp.bkbits.net/ntp-stable ntp-stable
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You can get the ntp-dev repository by either of the following commands:
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bk clone bk://www.ntp.org/home/bk/ntp-dev ntp-dev
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bk clone bk://ntp.bkbits.net/ntp-dev ntp-dev
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If you are stuck behind a firewall that blocks access to the default port
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used by bitkeeper (14690) but you can use port 80 instead, you can use
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http as a bk transport mechanism. Just use:
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bk clone http://ntp.bkbits.net/REPO REPO
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Finally, it's possible to use SMTP as a bk transport mechanism. So far, we
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Once you have obtained the sources, do the following:
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bk -r edit to check out the files
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autoreconf -f -i generates configure and Makefile.in's
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and you should be ready to go. You will get some warning messages from
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autoreconf. Ignore these messages.
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You can update your repository by incanting:
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In order to use the BitKeeper repository version of NTP you should visit
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http://ntp.isc.org/Main/SoftwareDevelopment
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for important information.
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If you want to submit patches, please see the README.hackers file.