On 2 May 2015 at 20:03, Harlan Stenn wrote: > Roel Wagenaar writes: > > Jan Kasprzak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > What is the best way to get the leap seconds file? The first URL in Google > > > search results is apparently redirecting to itself: > > > > > > http://www.ietf.org/timezones/data/leap-seconds.list > > > > > > > Can we rely on this file to be accurate and up-to-date? > > > > Does ntpd need reloading if the file changes, or is this made autodetecting? > > ntpd does not look at remote files. If ntpd is configured with a local > leapseconds file it will look at the timestamp of that file and > auto-reload it. > > The ntp-4.2.8 distribution has a script in it called update-leap and a > cron job is your friend. > > That script probably needs more portability testing. > > Please check it out and submit patches with any bug reports about it. > If all you can do is submit a bug report that's OK too.
I checked last night and the downloaded file was flagged by the script as corrupted. 10386 Jan 8 11:06:16 2015 /var/db/ntp/leap-seconds.3629404800 10384 May 3 02:11:42 2015 /var/db/ntp/leap-seconds.24023.tmp There's no visual difference in the diff so I guess it's trailing spaces or tabs. David -- David Lord <[email protected]> <ftp://ftp.lordynet.org/pub/pgpkeys/[email protected]> <http://www.lordynet.org/pub/pgpkeys/[email protected]> _______________________________________________ pool mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/pool
