Running mysql_tzinfo_to_sql produces errors for leapseconds and tzdata.zi files in centos package tzdata

In a VMWARE virtual machine running a fresh minimal install of centos 7. Updates to current packages as of 10/30/2017. MariaDB installed from Maridb Repo. (Version 10.1.28-1) (also verified for 10.2 and version 5.5.56)

When running

mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql -u root -p mysql

The following warnings are generated

Warning: Unable to load '/usr/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds' as time zone. Skipping it.

Warning: Unable to load '/usr/share/zoneinfo/tzdata.zi' as time zone. Skipping it.

I have verified both files exist. Both appear to be in correct format. Both are parts of the tzdata package from the centos base repo.