Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 12:49:08 -0700 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> Cc: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org>, cy@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Typo in /etc/ntp/leap-seconds Message-ID: <201610241949.u9OJn8oF015326@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> of "Mon, 24 Oct 2016 12:40:09 -0700." <201610241940.u9OJe9cS076144@slippy.cwsent.com>
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I should also mention that I have contacted USNO through their web form to advise them of the spelling error. I haven't received a reply. I will send an email to the general USNO email address next. I want to avoid local modifications to the file a much as possible because of its update frequency. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. In message <201610241940.u9OJe9cS076144@slippy.cwsent.com>, Cy Schubert writes: > Hi Matthew, > > The spelling error is sort-of "intentional." The file, > base/head/etc/ntp/leap-seconds and descendants, was fetched from the USNO > (US Naval Observatory) ftp site. Had I fetched the ISC version or the IETF > version, the spelling error would not exist. > > Proactively answering the next anticipated question people might ask, what > decides which file is fetched? Simply, of the leap-seconds files most > recently updated, from USNO, ISC, and IETF, the file with the latest expiry > date is the one chosen for commit into base. Some sources do not update > their leap-seconds files if no leap second is announced. USNO always > publishes a new leap-seconds file regardless of whether a leap second is or > is not announced. > > The version fetched by the ntp rc script is the IETF version because the > URL is the only one of the three to use http or https. USNO and ISC post > their files on FTP servers, which is not preferred. > > > -- > Cheers, > Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> > FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org > > The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. > > > In message <bf2b6365-78ae-5524-427a-9f01b1516dac@FreeBSD.org>, Matthew > Seaman w > rites: > > This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) > > --GpHD6XmS3Mi1SOq3rs1WVO0t5CIkSp2BU > > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="nKVVlTKlulmgIV2DK3P4wFPHunv2DN7O1" > ; > > protected-headers="v1" > > From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> > > To: cy@freebsd.org > > Message-ID: <bf2b6365-78ae-5524-427a-9f01b1516dac@FreeBSD.org> > > Subject: Fwd: Re: Typo in /etc/ntp/leap-seconds > > References: <dc33da61-0519-1882-3184-1ddc124ab3b0@infracaninophile.co.uk> > > In-Reply-To: <dc33da61-0519-1882-3184-1ddc124ab3b0@infracaninophile.co.uk> > > > > --nKVVlTKlulmgIV2DK3P4wFPHunv2DN7O1 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > > > Hi, Cy, > > > > As the person who committed the leap-seconds support this might be of > > interest to you. Well, maybe. It's a trivial spelling mistake in the > > comments in /etc/ntp/leap-seconds > > > > Cheers, > > > > Matthew > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Subject: Re: Typo in /etc/ntp/leap-seconds > > Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:02:07 +0100 > > From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > > On 2016/10/24 16:40, Dr. A. Haakh wrote: > > > Hi, > > >=20 > > > the last change of leap-seconds introduced the following typo: > > >=20 > > > # > > > -# 3. The current definition of the relationship between UTC > > > +# 3. The current defintion of the relationship between UTC > > > # and TAI dates from 1 January 1972. A number of different > > > =20 > > > > Yes, correct: the misspelling does exist in /etc/ntp/leap-seconds, (even > > in 11.0-STABLE), but your patch is reversed. > > > > The spelling error is already fixed in /var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds which > > is what the OS uses by default and is pulled down from the net by a > > periodic job. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Matthew > >
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