10.3 base ntpd leap-seconds. list file expires 2016-06-01

[Trond Endrestøl]

On Fri, 13 May 2016 09:57-0400, Ernie Luzar wrote:

> 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
> > 
> 
> https://www.ietf.org/timezones/data/leap-seconds.list
> Just checked this file and it expires on 28 December 2016.
> 
> service ntpd fetch downloads the same file as the base system has to begin
> with.
> 
> I manually edited /var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list with the values from
> www.ietf.org/timezones/data/leap-seconds.list and did a
> service ntpd restart and the expire message did not show.

Given that the IERS is the true source of this file, I believe it 
makes sense to set the following in /etc/rc.conf:

ntp_leapfile_sources="https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/ntp/leap-seconds.list https://www.ietf.org/timezones/data/leap-seconds.list"

Please disagree if you want to.

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