+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #474803 +++ Description of problem: On ia64 and ppc architectures leap second isn't inserted (on x86_64, i386 and s390 it seems to work fine). In syslog there is message kernel: Clock: inserting leap second 23:59:60 UTC but comparing the clock against an NTP server shows that it wasn't inserted. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.9-78 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. select an NTP server 2. date -s "2008/12/31 23:59:55 UTC"; ntptime -s 16; ntpdate -q $ntpserver; sleep 10; ntpdate -q $ntpserver; ntptime -s 64; ntpdate $ntpserver Actual results: No or very small difference between the offsets printed by ntpdate -q commands. Expected results: 1 second difference. Additional info:
David, 474803 is the corresponding bug for RHEL5 -- I've assigned that one to myself. FYI, P.
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