On 2026-08-30 13:36, Atanas Vladimirov wrote:
> 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

Hey Stuart,

Do you think that we can have this chrony 4.9 port merged?
Or there are things that have to be addressed before that?

Best wishes,
Atanas