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From:
David Uhden Collado <david@uhden.dev>
Subject:
Correctly create a symbolic link in a port
To:
ports@openbsd.org
Date:
Sun, 1 Sep 2024 19:30:57 +0200

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Hello everyone,

I am currently working on porting a BitTorrent client designed to run on 
the I2P network. While I originally intended to prioritize porting other 
tools, such as the Monero CLI [1] and SimpleX Chat CLI [2] [3], I 
unfortunately ran into challenges that were too complex for me to solve. 
Although I received some help with the Monero port, we were unable to 
achieve a fully functional result.

At this point, I am focusing on this BitTorrent client, as I find it 
very useful to be able to run it as a background service on torrent 
seeding servers. However, I have encountered a specific problem that I 
have yet to resolve: in order to enable the command line interface, a 
symbolic link must be created from the "XD" binary to "XD-CLI". Despite 
several attempts, I continue to encounter errors when building the package.

I have attached the current state of the port to this email.

Best regards,
David.

[1]: https://marc.info/?t=172372614200005&r=1&w=2
[2]: https://marc.info/?t=172387102600001&r=1&w=2
[3]: https://marc.info/?t=172427591700002&r=1&w=2