[R-pkg-devel] unable to verify current time

[Simon Urbanek]

1) R has no native NTP client
2) outside NTP access is very often blocked on local networks (and local NTP relay requires configuration for which there is no standard)
3) it is overkill as we don’t need microsecond accuracy so a single HTTP(s) request is much easier


> On 1/08/2025, at 10:17, Greg Hunt <greg using firmansyah.com> wrote:
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> I noticed recently that check --as-cran was hanging and then emitting a message about not being able to verify the current time.  It seems that the CRAN check code is using some website to get the current clock time and that that site is currently down.  This strikes me as an odd approach to getting the current time.  Why was that approach taken when NTP is available on all mainstream OSs?   Is there something unusual about the CRAN environment?
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> Greg
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