From: Atanas Vladimirov Subject: Re: [NEW] net/chrony : Chrony 4.8 for ports To: Thomas Kupper Cc: ports@openbsd.org Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:08:15 +0300 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