Make README generic, accounting for various DEs

ntp_adjtime is not supported by musl.

.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Deploy
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '**'
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: buildenv
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Archive
+        run: |
+          DISTRIBUTION=$(echo $GITHUB_REF_NAME | awk '{ gsub(/^v/, "slack-timedate-"); print $0 }')
+          ln -s . $DISTRIBUTION
+          touch $DISTRIBUTION.tar.xz
+          tar --exclude="${DISTRIBUTION}/${DISTRIBUTION}*" --exclude-vcs -Jcvhf $DISTRIBUTION.tar.xz $DISTRIBUTION 
+      - uses: akkuman/gitea-release-action@v1
+        with:
+          files: "*.tar.xz"
+          token: ${{ secrets.API_KEY }}

README.md

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 # slack-timedate
 
-This program implements timedated1 interface from systemd what is
+This program implements timedated1 interface from systemd that is
-required by GNOME Control Center for now.
+required by GNOME Control Center and can be used by KDE Settings.
-slack-timedate's purpose is to make it possible to enjoy full GNOME
+
-functionality on Slackware Linux which doesn't use systemd as its
+slack-timedate's purpose is to make it possible to enjoy full desktop
-init-system.
+environment functionality on Slackware Linux which doesn't use
+systemd as its init-system.
+
+slack-timedate supports Slackware's System V style init system as well
+as s6.
 
 ## Installation
 

data/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 find_program(SED sed)
 
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources.h.in" "resources.h")
+
 add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/org.freedesktop.timedate1.service
 	COMMAND ${SED} -e s|@LIBEXECDIR@|${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBEXECDIR}| ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/org.freedesktop.timedate1.service.in > ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/org.freedesktop.timedate1.service
 	MAIN_DEPENDENCY org.freedesktop.timedate1.service.in

data/org.freedesktop.timedate1.xml

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
   <property name="Timezone" type="s" access="read"/>
   <property name="LocalRTC" type="b" access="read"/>
   <property name="NTP" type="b" access="read"/>
+  <property name="CanNTP" type="b" access="read"/>
+  <property name="NTPSynchronized" type="b" access="read"/>
+  <property name="TimeUSec" type="t" access="read"/>
+  <property name="RTCTimeUSec" type="t" access="read"/>
   <method name="SetTime">
    <arg name="usec_utc" type="x" direction="in"/>
    <arg name="relative" type="b" direction="in"/>

data/resources.h.in

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#define DATADIR_INTERFACES "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR@/dbus-1/interfaces"

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 find_package(PkgConfig)
 pkg_check_modules(GDBUS REQUIRED gio-2.0 dbus-1 glibmm-2.4 giomm-2.4)
 
-add_executable(slack-timedate
+add_executable(slack-timedate main.cpp
-	slack-timedate.cpp slack-timedate.h
+	timedate.cpp timedate.h
 )
-target_include_directories(slack-timedate PRIVATE ${GDBUS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+target_include_directories(slack-timedate PRIVATE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/data ${GDBUS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 target_link_libraries(slack-timedate ${GDBUS_LIBRARIES})
 
 install(TARGETS slack-timedate DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR})

src/main.cpp

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013-2024  Eugen Wissner <belka@caraus.de>
+ * 
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+#include "timedate.h"
+
+bool timeout_callback(Glib::RefPtr<Glib::MainLoop> loop2quit)
+{
+    loop2quit->quit();
+    return false;
+}
+
+constexpr unsigned int default_exit_sec = 300;
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    Gio::init();
+    auto timedate1 = std::make_unique<dlackware::timedate::timedate1>();
+
+    guint owner_id = Gio::DBus::own_name(Gio::DBus::BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM,
+            Glib::ustring(dlackware::timedate::bus_name.cbegin(), dlackware::timedate::bus_name.cend()),
+            std::bind(&dlackware::timedate::timedate1::on_bus_acquired, timedate1.get(),
+                std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2),
+            Gio::DBus::SlotNameAcquired(),
+            std::bind(&dlackware::timedate::timedate1::on_name_lost, timedate1.get(),
+                std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2),
+            Gio::DBus::BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT | Gio::DBus::BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_REPLACE);
+
+    Glib::RefPtr<Glib::MainLoop> loop = Glib::MainLoop::create(false);
+
+    Glib::signal_timeout().connect_seconds(sigc::bind(&timeout_callback, loop), default_exit_sec);
+    loop->run();
+
+    Gio::DBus::unown_name(owner_id);
+
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}

src/slack-timedate.cpp

@@ -1,330 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2013-2024  Eugen Wissner <belka@caraus.de>
- * 
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include <cstring>
-#include <filesystem>
-#include <fstream>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-
-#include "slack-timedate.h"
-
-static void slack_method_call(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection, const Glib::ustring& sender,
-        const Glib::ustring& object_path, const Glib::ustring& interface_name, const Glib::ustring& method_name,
-        const Glib::VariantContainerBase& parameters, const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::MethodInvocation>& invocation) {
-    gchar *timezone;
-    gboolean user_interaction, relative, is_localtime, use_ntp;
-    gint64 usec_utc;
-    auto parameters_copy = parameters.gobj_copy();
-
-    // Set time zone
-    if (method_name == "SetTimezone")
-    {
-        g_variant_get(parameters_copy, "(&sb)", &timezone, &user_interaction);
-        std::error_code error_code;
-
-        if (dlackware::timedate::set_timezone(timezone, error_code))
-        {
-            g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value(invocation->gobj(), NULL);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            g_dbus_method_invocation_return_error(invocation->gobj(), G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
-                "Set time zone: %s",
-                error_code ? error_code.message().c_str() : "Zone info is not a regular file");
-        }
-        g_free (timezone);
-    }
-    else if (method_name == "SetTime")
-    {
-        g_variant_get(parameters_copy, "(xbb)", &usec_utc, &relative, &user_interaction);
-
-        // Set time
-        //if (!slack_set_time (usec_utc, slack_get_is_localtime ())) {
-        if (slack_set_time(usec_utc, relative))
-        {
-            g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value(invocation->gobj(), NULL);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            g_dbus_method_invocation_return_error(invocation->gobj(), G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
-                    "Failed to set system clock");
-        }
-    }
-    else if (method_name == "SetNTP")
-    {
-        g_variant_get(parameters_copy, "(bb)", &use_ntp, &user_interaction);
-
-        // Enable NTP
-        if (slack_set_ntp (use_ntp))
-        {
-            g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value(invocation->gobj(), NULL);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            g_dbus_method_invocation_return_error(invocation->gobj(),
-            G_IO_ERROR,
-            G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
-            "Error enabling NTP");
-        }
-    }
-    else if (method_name == "ListTimezones")
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            auto return_tuple = Glib::Variant<std::vector<Glib::ustring>>::create_tuple({
-                    dlackware::timedate::list_timezones()
-            });
-            g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value(invocation->gobj(), return_tuple.gobj());
-        }
-        catch (const std::exception& exception)
-        {
-            g_dbus_method_invocation_return_error(invocation->gobj(), G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
-                    "List time zones: %s", exception.what());
-        }
-    }
-    g_free(parameters_copy);
-}
-
-static void slack_get_property(Glib::VariantBase& result, const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection,
-        const Glib::ustring& sender, const Glib::ustring& object_path, const Glib::ustring& interface_name,
-        const Glib::ustring& prop_name)
-{
-    if (prop_name == "Timezone")
-    {
-        result = Glib::Variant<Glib::ustring>::create(dlackware::timedate::timezone());
-    }
-    else if (prop_name == "LocalRTC")
-    {
-        result = Glib::Variant<bool>::create(slack_get_is_localtime());
-    }
-    else if (prop_name == "NTP")
-    {
-        result = Glib::Variant<bool>::create(slack_get_ntp());
-    }
-}
-
-gboolean timeout_callback(Glib::RefPtr<Glib::MainLoop> loop2quit)
-{
-    loop2quit->quit();
-    return false;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-    Gio::init();
-    auto timedate1 = std::make_unique<dlackware::timedate::timedate1>();
-
-    guint owner_id = Gio::DBus::own_name(Gio::DBus::BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM, BUS_NAME,
-            std::bind(&dlackware::timedate::timedate1::on_bus_acquired, timedate1.get(),
-                std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2),
-            Gio::DBus::SlotNameAcquired(),
-            std::bind(&dlackware::timedate::timedate1::on_name_lost, timedate1.get(),
-                std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2),
-            Gio::DBus::BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT | Gio::DBus::BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_REPLACE);
-
-    Glib::RefPtr<Glib::MainLoop> loop = Glib::MainLoop::create(false);
-
-    Glib::signal_timeout().connect_seconds(sigc::bind(&timeout_callback, loop), DEFAULT_EXIT_SEC);
-	loop->run();
-
-    Gio::DBus::unown_name(owner_id);
-
-	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-namespace dlackware::timedate
-{
-    timedate1::timedate1()
-        : interface_vtable{ &slack_method_call, &slack_get_property }
-    {
-    }
-
-    void timedate1::on_name_lost(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection, const Glib::ustring& name)
-    {
-        g_warning("Failed to acquire the service %s.\n", name.data());
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    void timedate1::on_bus_acquired(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection, const Glib::ustring& name)
-    {
-        Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::NodeInfo> introspection_data;
-
-        try
-        {
-            introspection_data = Gio::DBus::NodeInfo::create_for_xml(INTROSPECTION_XML);
-        }
-        catch (Glib::Error& slack_err)
-        {
-            g_error("Failed to parse D-Bus introspection XML: %s\n", slack_err.what().data());
-        }
-        try
-        {
-            guint registration_id = connection->register_object(BUS_PATH,
-                    introspection_data->lookup_interface(), this->interface_vtable);
-        }
-        catch (Glib::Error& slack_err)
-        {
-            g_critical("Failed to register callbacks for the exported object with the D-Bus interface: %s\n",
-                    slack_err.what().data());
-        }
-    }
-
-    void list_timezones(const std::string& prefix, std::vector<Glib::ustring>& accumulator)
-    {
-        auto zoneinfo_path = std::filesystem::path(zoneinfo_database) / prefix;
-
-        for (auto zoneinfo_entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(zoneinfo_path))
-        {
-            auto new_prefix = prefix + zoneinfo_entry.path().filename().string();
-
-            if (zoneinfo_entry.is_directory())
-            {
-                list_timezones(new_prefix + "/", accumulator);
-            }
-            else if (zoneinfo_entry.is_regular_file() && !zoneinfo_entry.path().has_extension()
-                    && zoneinfo_entry.path().filename() != "leapseconds")
-            {
-                accumulator.emplace_back(new_prefix);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    Glib::Variant<std::vector<Glib::ustring>> list_timezones()
-    {
-        std::vector<Glib::ustring> result;
-
-        list_timezones("", result);
-        return Glib::Variant<std::vector<Glib::ustring>>::create(result);
-    }
-
-    Glib::ustring timezone()
-    {
-        std::unique_ptr<gchar[], decltype(&g_free)> zone_copied_from(
-                g_file_read_link("/etc/localtime", NULL), &g_free);
-
-        if (zone_copied_from == nullptr)
-        {
-            return nullptr;
-        }
-        return Glib::ustring{ zone_copied_from.get() + strlen(zoneinfo_database) + 1 };
-    }
-
-    bool set_timezone(gchar *zone, std::error_code& ec)
-    {
-        ec.clear();
-        auto zone_file = std::filesystem::path("/usr/share/zoneinfo") / zone;
-
-        if (!std::filesystem::is_regular_file(zone_file, ec) || ec)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        std::filesystem::path etc_localtime = "/etc/localtime";
-
-        std::filesystem::remove(etc_localtime);
-        std::filesystem::create_symlink(zone_file, etc_localtime, ec);
-
-        return !ec;
-    }
-}
-
-gboolean slack_set_time(gint64 seconds_since_epoch, gboolean relative)
-{
-    timespec ts;
-
-    if (relative)
-    {
-        if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) == -1)
-        {
-            return FALSE;
-        }
-        ts.tv_sec += static_cast<time_t>(seconds_since_epoch / USEC_PER_SEC);
-        ts.tv_nsec += (seconds_since_epoch % USEC_PER_SEC) * NSEC_PER_USEC;
-
-        if (ts.tv_nsec < 0)
-        {
-            --ts.tv_sec;
-            ts.tv_nsec += USEC_PER_SEC;
-        }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        ts.tv_sec = static_cast<time_t>(seconds_since_epoch / USEC_PER_SEC);
-        ts.tv_nsec = (seconds_since_epoch % USEC_PER_SEC) * NSEC_PER_USEC;
-    }
-    return clock_settime (CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) == 0;
-}
-
-gboolean slack_get_is_localtime()
-{
-    std::ifstream fh{ "/etc/hardwareclock", std::ios::in };
-    if (!fh.is_open())
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-    std::array<char, 10> time_str; // "localtime" is longer than "UTC" and has 9 letters + \0
-
-    while (fh.good())
-    {
-        fh.getline(time_str.data(), time_str.size());
-        fh.clear(fh.rdstate() & (~std::ios_base::failbit));
-
-        if (std::strncmp(time_str.data(), "localtime", time_str.size()) == 0)
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
-gboolean slack_get_ntp()
-{
-	return Glib::file_test("/etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd", Glib::FileTest::FILE_TEST_IS_EXECUTABLE);
-}
-
-gboolean slack_set_ntp(gboolean xntp)
-{
-    std::filesystem::perms rc_mode = std::filesystem::perms::owner_read | std::filesystem::perms::owner_write
-        | std::filesystem::perms::group_read | std::filesystem::perms::others_read;
-
-    if (xntp)
-    {
-        rc_mode |= std::filesystem::perms::owner_exec
-            | std::filesystem::perms::group_exec | std::filesystem::perms::others_exec;
-        g_message("Please don't forget to configure the NTP daemon");
-
-        /* It doesn't matter if fails.
-         * The ntpdate command is considered obsolete, but "orthodox" ntpd -g
-         * will fail if your system clock is off for more than half an hour. */
-        g_spawn_command_line_async("/usr/sbin/ntpdate pool.ntp.org", NULL);
-    }
-    if (Glib::file_test("/etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd", Glib::FileTest::FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR))
-    {
-        std::error_code ec;
-        std::filesystem::permissions("/etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd", rc_mode, ec);
-        return !ec;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        g_error("The NTP daemon isn't installed");
-        return false;
-    }
-}

src/slack-timedate.h

@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2013-2024  Eugen Wissner <belka@caraus.de>
- * 
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include <dbus/dbus.h>
-#include <glibmm.h>
-#include <giomm.h>
-#include <gio/gio.h>
-
-#define BUS_NAME "org.freedesktop.timedate1"
-#define BUS_PATH "/org/freedesktop/timedate1"
-#define BUS_INTERFACE "org.freedesktop.timedate1"
-
-#define INTROSPECTION_XML DBUS_INTROSPECT_1_0_XML_DOCTYPE_DECL_NODE \
-	"<node>\n" \
-	" <interface name=\"org.freedesktop.timedate1\">\n"             \
-	"  <property name=\"Timezone\" type=\"s\" access=\"read\"/>\n"  \
-	"  <property name=\"LocalRTC\" type=\"b\" access=\"read\"/>\n"  \
-	"  <property name=\"NTP\" type=\"b\" access=\"read\"/>\n"       \
-	"  <method name=\"SetTime\">\n"                                 \
-	"   <arg name=\"usec_utc\" type=\"x\" direction=\"in\"/>\n"     \
-	"   <arg name=\"relative\" type=\"b\" direction=\"in\"/>\n"     \
-	"   <arg name=\"user_interaction\" type=\"b\" direction=\"in\"/>\n" \
-	"  </method>\n"                                                 \
-	"  <method name=\"SetTimezone\">\n"                             \
-	"   <arg name=\"timezone\" type=\"s\" direction=\"in\"/>\n"     \
-	"   <arg name=\"user_interaction\" type=\"b\" direction=\"in\"/>\n" \
-	"  </method>\n"                                                 \
-	"  <method name=\"SetLocalRTC\">\n"                             \
-	"   <arg name=\"local_rtc\" type=\"b\" direction=\"in\"/>\n"    \
-	"   <arg name=\"fix_system\" type=\"b\" direction=\"in\"/>\n"   \
-	"   <arg name=\"user_interaction\" type=\"b\" direction=\"in\"/>\n" \
-	"  </method>\n"                                                 \
-	"  <method name=\"SetNTP\">\n"                                  \
-	"   <arg name=\"use_ntp\" type=\"b\" direction=\"in\"/>\n"      \
-	"   <arg name=\"user_interaction\" type=\"b\" direction=\"in\"/>\n" \
-	"  </method>\n"                                                 \
-	"  <method name=\"ListTimezones\">\n"                           \
-	"   <arg name=\"timezones\" type=\"as\" direction=\"out\"/>\n"  \
-	"  </method>"                                                   \
-	" </interface>\n"												\
-	"</node>\n"
-
-#define DEFAULT_EXIT_SEC 300
-
-constexpr gint32 USEC_PER_SEC = 1000000ULL;
-constexpr gint32 NSEC_PER_USEC = 1000ULL;
-
-namespace dlackware::timedate
-{
-    constexpr const char *zoneinfo_database = "/usr/share/zoneinfo";
-
-    // Returns the timezones available on the system.
-    Glib::Variant<std::vector<Glib::ustring>> list_timezones();
-    void list_timezones(const std::string& prefix, std::vector<Glib::ustring>& accumulator);
-
-    // Returns the system time zone.
-    Glib::ustring timezone();
-
-    // Sets the system time zone to the one passed by the argument
-    // Returns true on success, false otherwise
-    bool set_timezone(gchar *, std::error_code& ec);
-
-    class timedate1
-    {
-        const Gio::DBus::InterfaceVTable interface_vtable;
-
-    public:
-        timedate1();
-
-        void on_bus_acquired(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection, const Glib::ustring& name);
-        void on_name_lost(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection, const Glib::ustring& name);
-    };
-}
-
-// Changes the date/time
-// Takes the amount of seconds since UNIX epoche and 
-// Returns true on success, false otherwise
-gboolean slack_set_time(gint64 seconds_since_epoch, gboolean relative);
-
-// Returns if the hardware clock is set to local time or not
-gboolean slack_get_is_localtime ();
-
-// Returns if NTP is enabled
-gboolean slack_get_ntp ();
-
-// Sets NTP
-gboolean slack_set_ntp (gboolean);

src/timedate.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,439 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013-2024  Eugen Wissner <belka@caraus.de>
+ * 
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+#include <cstring>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <sys/timex.h>
+#include "timedate.h"
+
+static void slack_method_call(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection, const Glib::ustring& sender,
+        const Glib::ustring& object_path, const Glib::ustring& interface_name, const Glib::ustring& method_name,
+        const Glib::VariantContainerBase& parameters, const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::MethodInvocation>& invocation)
+{
+    // Set time zone
+    if (method_name == "SetTimezone")
+    {
+        Glib::Variant<Glib::ustring> timezone;
+        Glib::Variant<bool> user_interaction;
+
+        parameters.get_child(timezone, 0);
+        parameters.get_child(user_interaction, 1);
+        try
+        {
+            dlackware::timedate::set_timezone(timezone.get(), user_interaction.get());
+            invocation->return_value(Glib::VariantContainerBase());
+        }
+        catch (const std::filesystem::filesystem_error& filesystem_error)
+        {
+            invocation->return_error(Gio::DBus::Error{ Gio::DBus::Error::FAILED, filesystem_error.what() });
+        }
+    }
+    else if (method_name == "SetLocalRTC")
+    {
+        Glib::Variant<bool> local_rtc;
+        Glib::Variant<bool> fix_system;
+        Glib::Variant<bool> user_interaction;
+
+        parameters.get_child(local_rtc, 0);
+        parameters.get_child(fix_system, 1);
+        parameters.get_child(user_interaction, 2);
+
+        try
+        {
+            dlackware::timedate::set_local_rtc(local_rtc.get(), fix_system.get(), user_interaction.get());
+            invocation->return_value(Glib::VariantContainerBase());
+        }
+        catch (const std::system_error& error)
+        {
+            invocation->return_error(Gio::DBus::Error{ Gio::DBus::Error::FAILED, error.what() });
+        }
+        catch (const Glib::SpawnError& spawn_error)
+        {
+            invocation->return_error(Gio::DBus::Error{ Gio::DBus::Error::FAILED, spawn_error.what() });
+        }
+    }
+    else if (method_name == "SetTime")
+    {
+        Glib::Variant<gint64> usec_utc;
+        Glib::Variant<bool> relative;
+        Glib::Variant<bool> user_interaction;
+
+        parameters.get_child(usec_utc, 0);
+        parameters.get_child(relative, 1);
+        parameters.get_child(user_interaction, 2);
+
+        try
+        {
+            dlackware::timedate::set_time(usec_utc.get(), relative.get(), user_interaction.get());
+            invocation->return_value(Glib::VariantContainerBase());
+        }
+        catch (const std::system_error& error)
+        {
+            invocation->return_error(Gio::DBus::Error{ Gio::DBus::Error::FAILED, error.what() });
+        }
+    }
+    else if (method_name == "SetNTP")
+    {
+        Glib::Variant<bool> use_ntp;
+        Glib::Variant<bool> user_interaction;
+
+        parameters.get_child(use_ntp, 0);
+        parameters.get_child(user_interaction, 1);
+
+        // Enable NTP
+        try
+        {
+            dlackware::timedate::set_ntp(use_ntp.get(), user_interaction.get());
+            invocation->return_value(Glib::VariantContainerBase());
+        }
+        catch (const std::filesystem::filesystem_error& filesystem_error)
+        {
+            invocation->return_error(Gio::DBus::Error{ Gio::DBus::Error::FAILED, filesystem_error.what() });
+        }
+    }
+    else if (method_name == "ListTimezones")
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            auto return_tuple = Glib::VariantContainerBase::create_tuple({
+                    Glib::Variant<std::vector<Glib::ustring>>::create(dlackware::timedate::list_timezones())
+            });
+            invocation->return_value(return_tuple);
+        }
+        catch (const std::exception& exception)
+        {
+            Gio::DBus::Error error{ Gio::DBus::Error::FAILED, exception.what() };
+            invocation->return_error(error);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void slack_get_property(Glib::VariantBase& result, const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection,
+        const Glib::ustring& sender, const Glib::ustring& object_path, const Glib::ustring& interface_name,
+        const Glib::ustring& prop_name)
+{
+    if (prop_name == "Timezone")
+    {
+        result = Glib::Variant<Glib::ustring>::create(dlackware::timedate::timezone());
+    }
+    else if (prop_name == "LocalRTC")
+    {
+        result = Glib::Variant<bool>::create(dlackware::timedate::local_rtc());
+    }
+    else if (prop_name == "NTP")
+    {
+        result = Glib::Variant<bool>::create(dlackware::timedate::ntp());
+    }
+    else if (prop_name == "CanNTP")
+    {
+        result = Glib::Variant<bool>::create(dlackware::timedate::can_ntp());
+    }
+    else if (prop_name == "NTPSynchronized")
+    {
+        result = Glib::Variant<bool>::create(dlackware::timedate::ntp_synchronized());
+    }
+    else if (prop_name == "TimeUSec")
+    {
+        result = Glib::Variant<std::uint64_t>::create(dlackware::timedate::time_usec());
+    }
+    else if (prop_name == "RTCTimeUSec")
+    {
+        result = Glib::Variant<std::uint64_t>::create(dlackware::timedate::rtc_time_usec());
+    }
+}
+
+namespace dlackware::timedate
+{
+    timedate1::timedate1()
+        : interface_vtable{ &slack_method_call, &slack_get_property }
+    {
+    }
+
+    void timedate1::on_name_lost(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection, const Glib::ustring& name)
+    {
+        g_warning("Failed to acquire the service %s.\n", name.data());
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    void timedate1::on_bus_acquired(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection, const Glib::ustring& name)
+    {
+        Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::NodeInfo> introspection_data;
+        try
+        {
+            auto introspection_xml = Glib::file_get_contents(
+                    (std::filesystem::path(DATADIR_INTERFACES) / dlackware::timedate::bus_name).concat(".xml")
+            );
+            introspection_data = Gio::DBus::NodeInfo::create_for_xml(introspection_xml);
+        }
+        catch (Glib::Error& slack_err)
+        {
+            g_error("Failed to parse D-Bus introspection XML: %s\n", slack_err.what().data());
+        }
+        try
+        {
+            guint registration_id = connection->register_object(bus_path,
+                    introspection_data->lookup_interface(), this->interface_vtable);
+        }
+        catch (Glib::Error& slack_err)
+        {
+            g_critical("Failed to register callbacks for the exported object with the D-Bus interface: %s\n",
+                    slack_err.what().data());
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void list_timezones(const std::string& prefix, std::vector<Glib::ustring>& accumulator)
+    {
+        auto zoneinfo_path = std::filesystem::path(zoneinfo_database) / prefix;
+
+        for (auto zoneinfo_entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(zoneinfo_path))
+        {
+            auto new_prefix = prefix + zoneinfo_entry.path().filename().string();
+
+            if (zoneinfo_entry.is_directory())
+            {
+                list_timezones(new_prefix + "/", accumulator);
+            }
+            else if (zoneinfo_entry.is_regular_file() && !zoneinfo_entry.path().has_extension()
+                    && zoneinfo_entry.path().filename() != "leapseconds")
+            {
+                accumulator.emplace_back(new_prefix);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::vector<Glib::ustring> list_timezones()
+    {
+        std::vector<Glib::ustring> result;
+
+        list_timezones("", result);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    Glib::ustring timezone()
+    {
+        std::unique_ptr<gchar[], decltype(&g_free)> zone_copied_from(
+                g_file_read_link("/etc/localtime", NULL), &g_free);
+
+        if (zone_copied_from == nullptr)
+        {
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+        return Glib::ustring{ zone_copied_from.get() + zoneinfo_database.size() + 1 };
+    }
+
+    void set_timezone(const Glib::ustring& zone, bool)
+    {
+        auto zone_file = std::filesystem::path("/usr/share/zoneinfo") / zone.data();
+        std::error_code ec{};
+
+        if (!std::filesystem::is_regular_file(zone_file, ec))
+        {
+            throw std::filesystem::filesystem_error("Zone info is not a regular file", zone_file, ec);
+        }
+        std::filesystem::path etc_localtime = "/etc/localtime";
+
+        std::filesystem::remove(etc_localtime);
+        std::filesystem::create_symlink(zone_file, etc_localtime);
+    }
+
+    void set_ntp(bool use_ntp, bool)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            std::string service_state = use_ntp ? "-u" : "-d";
+            const auto command_flags = Glib::SpawnFlags::SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH
+                | Glib::SpawnFlags::SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL | Glib::SpawnFlags::SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL;
+            int wait_status{-1};
+
+            Glib::spawn_sync("", std::vector<std::string>{ "s6-rc", service_state, "change", "ntpd" },
+                    command_flags, {}, nullptr, nullptr, &wait_status);
+
+            if (wait_status == 0 || wait_status == 0x300) // Unknown service name in the arguments.
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        catch (const Glib::SpawnError& spawn_error)
+        {
+        }
+        std::filesystem::perms rc_mode = std::filesystem::perms::owner_read | std::filesystem::perms::owner_write
+            | std::filesystem::perms::group_read | std::filesystem::perms::others_read;
+
+        if (use_ntp)
+        {
+            rc_mode |= std::filesystem::perms::owner_exec
+                | std::filesystem::perms::group_exec | std::filesystem::perms::others_exec;
+        }
+        std::error_code ec;
+        const std::filesystem::path service_path{ "/etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd" };
+
+        if (std::filesystem::is_regular_file(service_path, ec))
+        {
+            std::filesystem::permissions("/etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd", rc_mode);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw std::filesystem::filesystem_error("The NTP daemon isn't installed", service_path, ec);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void set_time(std::int64_t usec_utc, bool relative, bool)
+    {
+        timespec ts;
+        std::chrono::system_clock::duration current_time_since_epoch;
+
+        if (relative)
+        {
+            current_time_since_epoch = std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch();
+            current_time_since_epoch += std::chrono::microseconds(usec_utc);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            current_time_since_epoch = std::chrono::microseconds(usec_utc);
+        }
+        auto seconds_since_epoch = std::chrono::floor<std::chrono::seconds>(current_time_since_epoch);
+
+        ts.tv_sec = seconds_since_epoch.count();
+        ts.tv_nsec = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(
+                current_time_since_epoch - seconds_since_epoch).count();
+
+        if (clock_settime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) == -1)
+        {
+            throw std::system_error(errno, std::generic_category());
+        }
+    }
+
+    void set_local_rtc(bool local_rtc, bool fix_system, bool)
+    {
+        std::ofstream hardwareclock{ "/etc/hardwareclock", std::ios::trunc };
+        std::string hwclock_argument;
+
+        hardwareclock << "# /etc/hardwareclock" << std::endl
+            << "#" << std::endl
+            << "# Tells how the hardware clock time is stored." << std::endl
+            << "# You should run timeconfig to edit this file." << std::endl
+            << std::endl;
+
+        if (local_rtc)
+        {
+            hwclock_argument = "--localtime";
+            hardwareclock << "localtime";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            hwclock_argument = "--utc";
+            hardwareclock << "UTC";
+        }
+        hardwareclock << std::endl;
+
+        if (!fix_system)
+        {
+            Glib::spawn_sync("", std::vector<std::string>{ "/sbin/hwclock", hwclock_argument, "--hctosys" },
+                    Glib::SpawnFlags::SPAWN_STDOUT_TO_DEV_NULL | Glib::SpawnFlags::SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL,
+                    {}, nullptr, nullptr, static_cast<int *>(nullptr));
+        }
+    }
+
+    bool local_rtc()
+    {
+        std::ifstream fh{ "/etc/hardwareclock", std::ios::in };
+        if (!fh.is_open())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        std::array<char, 10> time_str; // "localtime" is longer than "UTC" and has 9 letters + \0
+
+        while (fh.good())
+        {
+            fh.getline(time_str.data(), time_str.size());
+            fh.clear(fh.rdstate() & (~std::ios_base::failbit));
+
+            if (std::strncmp(time_str.data(), "localtime", time_str.size()) == 0)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool ntp()
+    {
+        return Glib::file_test("/etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd", Glib::FileTest::FILE_TEST_IS_EXECUTABLE);
+    }
+
+    bool can_ntp()
+    {
+        std::string standard_output;
+        int wait_status{-1};
+
+        try
+        {
+            Glib::spawn_sync("", std::vector<std::string>{ "s6-rc-db", "type", "ntpd" },
+                    Glib::SpawnFlags::SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH | Glib::SpawnFlags::SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL,
+                    {}, &standard_output, nullptr, &wait_status);
+        }
+        catch (const Glib::SpawnError& spawn_error)
+        {
+            return std::filesystem::exists("/etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd");
+        }
+        return wait_status == 0 && standard_output == "bundle\n";
+    }
+
+    bool ntp_synchronized()
+    {
+        timex buffer{ .modes = 0 };
+        int ntp_result = adjtimex(&buffer);
+
+        if (ntp_result == -1)
+        {
+            throw std::system_error(errno, std::generic_category());
+        }
+        return ntp_result != TIME_ERROR && (buffer.status & STA_UNSYNC) == 0;
+    }
+
+    std::uint64_t time_usec()
+    {
+        timespec spec;
+
+        if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &spec) == -1)
+        {
+            throw std::system_error(errno, std::generic_category());
+        }
+        time_t seconds = spec.tv_sec;
+        tm time;
+
+        if (local_rtc())
+        {
+            gmtime_r(&seconds, &time);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            localtime_r(&seconds, &time);
+        }
+        return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(
+                std::chrono::seconds(std::mktime(&time)) + std::chrono::nanoseconds(spec.tv_nsec)).count();
+    }
+
+    std::uint64_t rtc_time_usec()
+    {
+        return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(
+                std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count();
+    }
+}

src/timedate.h

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013-2024  Eugen Wissner <belka@caraus.de>
+ * 
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include <dbus/dbus.h>
+#include <glibmm.h>
+#include <giomm.h>
+#include "resources.h"
+
+namespace dlackware::timedate
+{
+    constexpr const char *bus_path = "/org/freedesktop/timedate1";
+    constexpr const std::string_view bus_name = "org.freedesktop.timedate1";
+    constexpr const std::string_view zoneinfo_database = "/usr/share/zoneinfo";
+
+    // Returns the system time zone.
+    Glib::ustring timezone();
+
+    // Returns if the hardware clock is set to local time or not
+    bool local_rtc();
+
+    // Returns whether NTP is enabled.
+    bool ntp();
+
+    // Returns whether NTP is available.
+    bool can_ntp();
+
+    // Shows whether the kernel reports the time as synchronized.
+    bool ntp_synchronized();
+
+    // Shows the current time in the RTC.
+    std::uint64_t rtc_time_usec();
+
+    // Shows the current time on the system.
+    std::uint64_t time_usec();
+
+    // Returns the timezones available on the system.
+    std::vector<Glib::ustring> list_timezones();
+
+    // Sets the system time zone to the one passed by the argument
+    // Throws std::filesystem::filesystem_error.
+    void set_timezone(const Glib::ustring& zone, bool user_interaction);
+
+    // Sets NTP
+    // Throws std::filesystem::filesystem_error.
+    void set_ntp(bool use_ntp, bool user_interaction);
+
+    // Changes the date/time
+    // Takes the amount of seconds since UNIX epoche and 
+    // Throws std::system_error.
+    void set_time(std::int64_t usec_utc, bool relative, bool user_interaction);
+
+    // Controls whether the RTC is local time or UTC.
+    void set_local_rtc(bool local_rtc, bool fix_system, bool user_interaction);
+
+    class timedate1
+    {
+        const Gio::DBus::InterfaceVTable interface_vtable;
+
+    public:
+        timedate1();
+
+        void on_bus_acquired(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection, const Glib::ustring& name);
+        void on_name_lost(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection, const Glib::ustring& name);
+    };
+}