Changeset a99fd228 for networking/netprogs/ntp.xml

Timestamp:

10/20/2023 08:22:45 PM (7 months ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

12.1, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, plabs/newcss, python3.11, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18

Children:

819ef3e

Parents:

babb39d4

Message:

Removed most references to the update-leap script in ntp.

File:

• networking/netprogs/ntp.xml (modified) (8 diffs)

networking/netprogs/ntp.xml

@@ -114 +114 @@
 
 <!-- At least one of the issues has been reported upstream. The next para
-     is valid for 4.8.2p10 -->
+     is valid for 4.8.2p10.
+
+     Leap secongs have been deprecated as of November 2022.
+     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second
+
     <para>
       The <command>update-leap</command> command needs to be fixed in order
@@ -122 +126 @@
 <screen><userinput>sed -e 's/"(\\S+)"/"?([^\\s"]+)"?/' \
     -i scripts/update-leap/update-leap.in</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>
-      Now fix an issue introduced with glibc-2.34:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>sed -e 's/#ifndef __sun/#if !defined(__sun) \&amp;\&amp; !defined(__GLIBC__)/' \
-    -i libntp/work_thread.c</userinput></screen>
+-->
 
     <para>
@@ -143 +141 @@
 make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <!-- https://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3688
-         It should be fixed in the next ntp release. -->
-    <!--<para>The test suite of this package is broken with GCC 10 or later.</para>
-         Now works OK-->
-
     <para>
       To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
@@ -215 +208 @@
         creates a drift file where <command>ntpd</command> stores the
         frequency offset and a pid file to store the
-        <command>ntpd</command> process ID. Third, it defines the location
+        <command>ntpd</command> process ID. <!--Third, it defines the location
         for the leap-second definition file
         <filename>/etc/ntp.leapseconds</filename>, that the
@@ -221 +214 @@
         necessary. This script can be run as a cron job and the
         <application>ntp</application> developers recommend a frequency of
-        about three weeks for the updates. Since the documentation included
+        about three weeks for the updates.--> Since the documentation included
         with the package is sparse, visit the ntp website at
         <ulink url="https://www.ntp.org/"/> and
@@ -244 +237 @@
 
 driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
-pidfile   /run/ntpd.pid
-
-leapfile  /var/lib/ntp/ntp.leapseconds</literal>
+pidfile   /run/ntpd.pid</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -332 +323 @@
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>calc_tickadj, ntp-keygen, ntp-wait, ntpd, ntpdate, ntpdc, ntpq,
-        ntptime, ntptrace, sntp, tickadj and update-leap</seg>
+        ntptime, ntptrace, sntp, tickadj, and update-leap</seg>
         <seg>None</seg>
         <seg>/usr/share/ntp,
@@ -491 +482 @@
           <para>
             is a script to verify and, if necessary, update the leap-second
-            definition file
+            definition file.  
+
+            <note>
+              <para>
+                 In November 2022, at the 27th General Conference on Weights and 
+                 Measures, it was decided to abandon the leap second.  In addition
+                 this script hardcodes a URL for an update file that no longer
+                 exists.  The last time a leap second was declared was January 2017.
+                 This script will probably be removed in a future release.
+              </para>
+            </note>
           </para>
           <indexterm zone="ntp update-leap">