dhcp: if first ntp invocation fails, set time manually and retry#304
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- some machines have no RTC at all, or an RTC with a failed battery - in certain situations, ntpd fails with "Alarm Clock" when trying to do too-big a jump - in this case, set system time to the date of the dhcpd binary and retry - yet-another-case where systemd would have saved us from pain Signed-off-by: Ricardo Pardini <ricardo@pardini.net>
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Merge Queue Status✅ The pull request has been merged at ffb856b This pull request spent 6 minutes 27 seconds in the queue, including 6 minutes 8 seconds running CI. Required conditions to merge
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