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doc: describe use case for leapsecmode ignore option

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Miroslav Lichvar 2021-12-09 17:13:09 +01:00
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@ -1099,7 +1099,11 @@ clock will be off for a longer time. On Linux with the default
*ignore*:::
No correction is applied to the clock for the leap second. The clock will be
corrected later in normal operation when new measurements are made and the
estimated offset includes the one second error.
estimated offset includes the one second error. This option is particularly
useful when multiple *chronyd* instances are running on the system, one
controlling the system clock and others started with the *-x* option, which
should rely on the first instance to correct the system clock and ignore it for
the correction of their own NTP clock running on top of the system clock.
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When serving time to NTP clients that cannot be configured to correct their