Runtime dependency for plasma 6.7 - systemd/timedatex/openrc-settingsd

Rafael Sadowski rafael at sizeofvoid.org
Wed May 20 09:09:47 BST 2026


On Tue May 19, 2026 at 12:31:58AM -0700, Eric Hameleers wrote:
> On Sat, 16 May 2026, David Edmundson wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 22:42:12 +0100
> > From: David Edmundson <david at davidedmundson.co.uk>
> > To: kde-distro-packagers at kde.org
> > Subject: Runtime dependency for plasma 6.7 -
> >     systemd/timedatex/openrc-settingsd
> > 
> > As a heads up that, the date and time KCM dropped having a (broken)
> > custom path to enable NTP/set the time and now only has a timedated
> > compatiable backend.
> > 
> > Suitable timedated interface providers include:
> >     - systemd
> >     - timedatex
> >     - openrc-settingsd
> > 
> > Without any of these available the user gets a runtime error if they
> > try to manually adjust time settings.
> > 
> > For the vast majority of distributions this will not require any
> > action, but some might want to check.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > David
> 
> Slackware does not ship any of these three time/date providers...
> 

Just like OpenBSD.


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