Re: NTP leap second question

[Alan Cox]

> Eh??  Then what is one to make of the code in timer.c that add 
> leapseconds?  It seems to be controlled by the adjtime() system call.
> 
> Sure looks like it sets the system clock (xtime) ahead or back by a 
> second at midnight if the flag is set to do so.

Yes it supports that - but since nobody runs the system clock in GMT it
should never be getting set by any caller. At least as far as I can see
from the code in glibc any glibc using system should never have xntpd
set the flag

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