Re: PSA: Clock drift and pkgin

[Dave McGuire <mcguire%neurotica.com@localhost>]

On December 13, 2023 5:47:14 AM Josh Moyer <JMoyer%nodomain.net@localhost> wrote:
> Two PRs that I filed have been fixed in 10.0_RC1:
>
> port-vax/56383: KA630 slow clock drift
> For those doing compiles or other high load jobs (and not just on KA630), keep an eye on your clock drift.  Clock accuracy seems significantly improved in 10.0_RC1 - although it's still not perfect.  Make sure you aren't wasting cycles and masking the problem by running ntpd.
>
> port-vax/56451: sqlite broken
> pkgin depends on sqlite, which was broken in 9.x.  It's fixed in 10.0_RC1.
>
> Thanks to whoever did the work!

  Seconded, this is great news! I'll try this on my 4000-705A soon.  I've been wanting pkgin on there.

                 -Dave

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