On 03.02.2026 13:48, Stuart Henderson wrote:
i'd be happier about having this in ports if the diffs supporting
openbsd were upstream, rather than coming from a fork.
Sure, that makes sense. I'll see if I can get into upstream.
/Thomas
On 2026/01/24 17:00, Thomas Kupper wrote:
Ping :)
/Thomas
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Subject: Chrony 4.8 for ports
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 11:53:28 +0000
From: Mailing Lists <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Hi,
Based on Shaun Ren's GH OpenBSD code (https://github.com/shaunren/chrony) I
have created a ports package/git for Chrony 4.8.
There are a few questions that came up.
Regarding Chrony's source code:
First off, the author - Shaun Ren - is for me just a name on a Github
profile, no email or anything else. On www.mail-archive.com there is a Shaun
Ren with entries from almost ten years ago on the linux-kernel mailing list
with a @linux.com address. I opened an issue on GH 10 days ago informing
him/her that I did create the port and asked a) if it is ok and b) if yes,
if Shaun would add the copyright to all the files that where modified.
What are the rules regarding the copyright of code and contact data needed
from a code owner? Shaun added a copyright to the file sys_openbsd.c dating
back to 2021 but not to now other file modified.
Generally: Is there an interest to have Chrony in OpenBSD ports (if the
copyright situation can be cleared)? Second if yes, would someone be willing
to review Shaun's code? I'm not a skilled programmer and for me it looks and
behaves ok. Certainly on the server it runs good, the numbers look find (for
a VM in the cloud), NTS as a client and as a server works as expected. Shaun
uses adjfreq(2) to adjust the clock and implemented privilege drop.
It would be interesting to see it tested in very high load or with handling
of lots request, how it behaves.
Regarding the port itself:
Chrony runs under its own user, _chrony. For now I manually added it to
infrastructure/db/user.list. Alternative the already existing user _ntp
could be used. Is there a preference to one or the other? The _chrony user
id is 902.
I could be the maintainer of the package but if bigger Chrony code changes
are necessary, help would be needed.
If anyone is interested, the port files are attached and the git repo can be
found at sourcehut:
https://git.sr.ht/~patient0/chrony-OpenBSD-ports, branch 'openbsd'
For anyone still interested:
There is another branch called 'flavor/nts-pool' that patches Chrony 4.8 to
take part in the experimental NTP NTS pool of Trifecta Tech Foundation
(ntpd-rs creator, https://trifectatech.org, I have no affiliation). At the
moment I run two OpenBSD virtual servers (and a patched NetBSD) which take
part in that project.
/Thomas
