[Bug 209577] rc.d/ntpd relies on inconsistent file timestamps

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=209577

--- Comment #3 from rwmaillists at googlemail.com ---
It's not really a question of where they are downloaded from, but how they are
compared.

The issue is that it's possible to download a more up-to-date copy with a later
expiry, but with the same (or even an earlier) timestamp. rc.d/ntpd will only
overwrite the working copy if the downloaded copy has a later timestamp, not a
later expiry.

As things stand a file installed from /etc/ntp/ to /var/db/ wont be overwritten
by the IETF file until a new leap-second is announced. Five months after that,
we're back where we are now.

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