I've had a local build of the monero repo outside ports for a while now.
Didn't think anyone would be interested but here is my WIP of a port
that would include all the monero binaries using BSD make. Currently
running into an issue with the release tar.gz not including the .git*
directories. This is preventing a submodule update causing the build to
fail. Working through my options and would be open to suggestions.
Eventually I would like to break out the individual binaries into
FLAVORS. Happy to work on this with you if your interested.


On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 02:47:23PM +0200, David Uhden Collado wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I am currently working on creating a port of the Monero CLI wallet for 
>OpenBSD, the work I have done so far is attached in this email. This 
>project is of personal interest to me, as well as to others who view 
>privacy as an essential component of cybersecurity.
>
>I am in the process of learning how to create ports for OpenBSD, which 
>is why I have chosen to start with software that seems relatively 
>straightforward to port. In this case, the original project officially 
>supports OpenBSD [1] and other BSD operating systems. Any suggestions 
>or corrections regarding my work would be greatly appreciated.
>
>I think this port is complete. However, it is still a work in progress 
>and I am hesitant to propose it for inclusion in the ports tree due to 
>the following issue:
>
>When building this software as a non-root user, the following error occurs:
>
>LLVM ERROR: out of memory
>c++: error: unable to execute command: Abort trap (core dumped)
>
>This issue is documented in the original project, and the solution is 
>to increase the ulimit size to 2 GB:
>
>ulimit -d 2000000
>
>I would like to know if it is possible to resolve this issue within 
>the port itself, or if it would be acceptable to add this port to the 
>tree despite the problem, perhaps by including a note in the README 
>file.
>
>Additionally, while working on this port and reading the 
>documentation, I encountered several questions that I had to deduce 
>based on how other OpenBSD ports handle them:
>
>a. The directories pointed to by certain macros in bsd.port.mk, such 
>as PREFIX and LOCALSTATEDIR.
>
>b. How to configure a port to create a new user when needed, for 
>instance, to run a daemon, as is the case with this port.
>
>These have been the most challenging parts for me, and I find the 
>documentation unclear on these points.
>
>This port has been tested on an amd64 platform. Unfortunately, I do 
>not have access to compatible machines with other architectures to 
>conduct further testing. If anyone is able to test the port on 
>different platforms, I would greatly appreciate it. I am currently 
>using a virtual machine, as the only computer I own with sufficient 
>resources to compile this software in a reasonable time frame is not 
>compatible with OpenBSD.
>
>Initially, I considered naming the port net/monero-cli since there is 
>an official GUI wallet. However, I decided to leave it as net/monero, 
>as I don't think the GUI wallet will be ported in the future due to 
>the dependencies that would also need to be ported. If I ever attempt 
>to port a GUI wallet, I would try with Feather Wallet, as it seems the 
>most feasible option given that it uses QT.
>
>While I have your attention, I would also like to remind that I am 
>still awaiting a response to my proposal to update and add a flavor to 
>the net/i2pd port [2].
>
>Thank you in advance for your time and assistance.
>
>Best regards,
>David.
>
>References:
>1. https://github.com/monero-project/monero?tab=readme-ov-file#on-openbsd
>2. https://marc.info/?t=172240177800002&r=1&w=2



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• monero.tar.gz (9K)