Bug 1199978

Summary:	ntpd -x steps clock on leap second
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Jan Kurik <jkurik>
Component:	ntp	Assignee:	Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	qe-baseos-daemons
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	6.6	CC:	chorn, fkrska, jherrman, john.haxby, mdshaikh, michele, mlichvar, mschuppe, ovasik, pm-eus, psklenar, shin.kusano.ev, shirakata.youko, yozone
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	ZStream
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	ntp-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Previously, when the ntpd daemon was configured with the "-x" option to adjust the system clock slowly instead of changing the time instantaneously, the system clock was incorrectly changed instantaneously when a leap second occurred. In certain applications, this could lead to a variety of system clock related problems, such as incorrect event sorting or triggering. To fix this bug, ntpd now adjusts for the leap second slowly over a long interval, which prevents the described problems.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	1190619	Environment:
Last Closed:	2015-03-16 09:07:15 UTC	Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:	1190619
Bug Blocks:

Description Jan Kurik 2015-03-09 12:29:57 UTC

This bug has been copied from bug #1190619 and has been proposed
to be backported to 6.6 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-16 09:07:15 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-0690.html