On 2026-08-30 09:07, Thomas Kupper wrote:
> Good Morning,
> 
> A few days ago chrony 4.9 was released with support for OpenBSD including pledge(2) support and support for refclock driver for OpenBSD timedelta sensors.
> 
> I'd very much welcome feedback and testing of chrony.
> 
> For anyone not knowing what chrony is used for, here a short introduction:
> 
> chrony is a versatile implementation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP). It can synchronise the system clock with NTP servers, reference clocks (e.g. GPS receiver), and manual input using wristwatch and keyboard. It can also operate as an NTPv4 (RFC 5905) server and peer to provide a time service to other computers in the network.
> 
> The news about 4.9 (and previous versions) can be found at :
> 	https://chrony-project.org/news.html
> 
> Find attached the OpenBSD ports archive for it.
> 
> It run under the user _chrony which would have to be added to the user.list beforehand with user ID 906, the lowest unused ID as of today/2026-08-30.
> 
> ---
> diff -us infrastructure/db/user.list{.orig,}
> --- infrastructure/db/user.list.orig	Sun Aug 30 07:49:54 2026
> +++ infrastructure/db/user.list	Sun Aug 30 07:49:15 2026
> @@ -414,3 +414,4 @@
>  903 _iaxmodem		_iaxmodem	telephony/iaxmodem
>  904 _neighbot		_neighbot	net/neighbot
>  905 _pgweb		_pgweb		www/pgweb
> +906 _chrony		_chrony		net/chrony
> ---
> 
> The archive's content corresponds to tag 4.9 on my git repo
> https://git.sr.ht/~patient0/chrony-OpenBSD-ports
> 
> A note regarding dependencies:
> 
> - it links against gnutls and nettle. On -current gnutls links against
>   nettle 4 (security/nettle) and that is how this port is setup at the
>   moment.
>   On OpenBSD < 8.0 gnutls links against nettle 3, named
>   security/libnettle. If one wants to compile chrony for OpenBSD < 8.0
>   you would have to change the Makefile accordingly.
>   Does it make sense to adapt the Makefile to handle this situation or
>   is handling -current only recommended?
> 
> 
> Have an excellent Sunday
> /Thomas

Hey Thomas, thanks!

I'm already testing your port (on -current) and it works for me :). Good job!

Have a wonderfull Sunday,
Atanas