Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 07:31:25 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier <Andre.Albsmeier@siemens.com> To: Trond =?iso-8859-1?Q?Endrest=F8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> Cc: Andre Albsmeier <Andre.Albsmeier@siemens.com>, questions@freebsd.org, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 10.3 base ntpd leap-seconds. list file expires 2016-06-01 Message-ID: <20160517053125.GA21546@bali> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605131432300.1421@mail.fig.ol.no> References: <5734FBDF.700@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605130802400.1421@mail.fig.ol.no> <20160513110143.GA99635@bali> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605131432300.1421@mail.fig.ol.no>
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On Fri, 13-May-2016 at 14:36:01 +0200, Trond Endrestøl wrote: > On Fri, 13 May 2016 13:01+0200, Andre Albsmeier wrote: > > > On Fri, 13-May-2016 at 08:05:21 +0200, Trond Endrestøl wrote: > > > On Thu, 12 May 2016 17:55-0400, Ernie Luzar wrote: > > > > > > > New install of 10.3 from .iso file. > > > > On every boot of system get ntpd message saying > > > > /var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list file expires 2016-06-01. > > > > > > > > I'm running the base version of ntpd, the one that > > > > is included as part of the base system. > > > > > > > > This file should have been updated before 10.3 release was > > > > published to the public. > > > > > > > > Where do I get the updated ntpd.leap-seconds.list file contents > > > > to write to my /var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list file? > > > > > > Add these lines to /etc/periodic.conf: > > > > > > daily_ntpd_leapfile_enable="YES" > > > daily_ntpd_avoid_congestion="YES" > > > > Hmm, I did this on 9.3 a while ago.. The new file (fetched from > > https://www.ietf.org/timezones/data/leap-seconds.list) has version > > > > #$ 3629404800 > > > > and as expiry date: > > > > #@ 3691872000 > > > > The old file (the copy of /etc/ntp/leap-seconds in /var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list) > > has as version: > > > > #$ 3660508800 > > > > and as expiry date: > > > > #@ 3673728000 > > > > So the new file expires after the old file (which is good) but > > its version is lower than the version of the old file. Since > > /etc/rc.d/ntpd compares the versions it finally sticks with the > > old file... > > > > -Andre > > Would it make more sense to use > https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/ntp/leap-seconds.list from the > Earth orientation Center of the IERS? > > That file has currently the following characteristics: > > #$ 3661632000 > # File expires on 28 December 2016 > #@ 3691872000 As assumed, with this file all messages were gone. Probably /etc/rc.d/ntpd should be changed to just check the expiry consistently and don't look a the version at all... -Andre
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