On 2026-10-11 06:51, Thomas Kupper wrote:
> Atanas Vladimirov wrote on 09.10.2026 12:06:
>> On 2026-10-08 17:59, Thomas Kupper wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> A ping, with text and all :
>>> 
>>> 
>>> End of August 26 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/2026-10-08.
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> 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
>>> ---
>>> 
>>> /Thomas
>> 
>> Hey Thomas,
>> 
>> It's me again :)
>> I just wanted the thanks you again and to repeat myself that I'm 
>> running this port since I fond it, and I'm very happy with it.
>> 
>> Here you can see how accurate my stratum 1 server running Chrony and 
>> the refclock timedelta sensors is:
>> https://www.ntppool.org/a/don.nasco
>> 
>> I hope that we will have it officially in ports as soon as possible!
> Thank you Atanas, kind of you to support the effort. I won't put Stuart 
> on CC since it seemed he got annoyed by your last email and let us know 
> that he has little motivation to test chrony. Maybe someone else will 
> take it on. I don't won't to upset anyone, especially not someone that 
> works so hard for OpenBSD.
> 
> The biggest pain - if not in ports - is changing the user id when 
> eventually another user with ID 906 will be created for a port that 
> makes it into port. That of course can be solved with a few lines of a 
> shell script.
> 
> But maybe it's easier if I change the user to _ntp in anticipation of 
> the port not getting in, what do you think?
> 
> /Thomas
> 
>> Best wishes,
>> Atanas
>> 

Hi Thomas,

I didn't want to annoy Stuart, and honestly, I didn't interpret what he 
wrote that way.
All I remember is that he personally wouldn't use chrony, and I respect 
that.

Anyhow, I hope that Stuart (or someone else here) will take a look at 
the chrony port and merge it (or at least leave a comments/suggestions).
As for the user ID - I'm not sure which is the right direction, but _ntp 
user reuse sound good to me.

Best wishes,
Atanas