Fixed check vs. max offset, it was wrong.

If number was positive, was converting to "(N)" for some reason.
Parens don't compare well with integers...

Also don't need "bc" just to compute abs(), just use "tr" to remove '-'.

Also adjust the max offset a smidge to 5ms, 1ms is a bit tight.

clientside/tmcc/common/checknode/timecheck

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 echo -n ' Starting timecheck.. '
 
 ntpserver="ntp1"
-maxdrift="0.001"
+maxdrift="0.005"
 
 source checkutils.sh
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ x=$(caller)
 s=""
 case $os in
     Linux | FreeBSD )
-	progs="tr bc ntpdate host"
+	progs="tr ntpdate host"
 	;;
     * )
 	failed="Unknown OS :$os: FAILED"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ case $os in
 	((++idx))
 	z=${d[$idx]}
 	offset=$(echo ${z} | tr -d ,) # remove comma
-	[[ $offset < 0 ]] && a=$(echo "-($offset)" | bc) || a=$(echo "($offset)") # make $a abs()
+	[[ $offset < 0 ]] && a=$(echo $offset | tr -d '-') || a=$offset # make $a abs()
 	[[ $a > $maxdrift ]] && failed="maxdrift"
 	if  [ -z "${failed}" ]; then
 	    echo "Time check passed offset $offset allowed $maxdrift"