Hi Stuart,

thanks for looking and feedback!
I'll clean up the Makefile based on your suggestion.

cheers,

Sebastian

On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 4:39 PM Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>
wrote:

> On 2026/05/08 20:02, Sebastian Reitenbach wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > this is a tiny new port for whsniff:
> >
> > cat pkg/DESCR
> > Whsniff is a command line utility that interfaces TI CC2531 USB dongle
> > with Wireshark for capturing and displaying IEEE 802.15.4 traffic at 2.4
> > GHz.  Whsniff reads the packets from TI CC2531 USB dongle with
> > sniffer_fw_cc2531 firmware, converts to the PCAP format and writes to
> > the standard output(stdout).
> >
> > this allows me to use my Texas Instruments CC2531 based dongle with that
> sniffer firmware, to
> > run:
> >
> > whsniff -c 25 | wireshark -k -i -
> >
> > to see anything IEEE 802.15.4 related packets around me.
> >
> > OK to import after full unlock?
> >
> > cheers,
> > Sebastian
> >
> > --
> > https://buzzdeee.reitenba.ch
>
>
> patch-Makefile does nothing
>
> : COMMENT=      packet converter for sniffing IEEE 802.15.4
> :
> : V=            1.3
> : GH_ACCOUNT =  homewsn
> : GH_PROJECT =  whsniff
> : GH_TAGNAME =  v${V}
> : DISTNAME=     whsniff-${V}
>
> the above block can be replaced with
>
> GH_ACCOUNT=     homewsn
> GH_PROJECT=     whsniff
> GH_TAGNAME=     v1.3
>
> : LIB_DEPENDS = devel/libusb1
> :
> : MAKE_FLAGS=   CFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
> :               LDFLAGS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib"
> :
> : FAKE_FLAGS += PREFIX=${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}
> :
> : NO_TEST =     Yes
> : USE_GMAKE=    Yes
>
> mix of "=" / " = " and a " += " which isn't adding to anything,
>
> .....
>
> here's one way to clean those up: ok with that, or similar.
>
> diff -uNp -r whsniff.orig/Makefile whsniff/Makefile
> --- whsniff.orig/Makefile       Thu May 14 15:34:45 2026
> +++ whsniff/Makefile    Thu May 14 15:38:31 2026
> @@ -1,28 +1,26 @@
>  COMMENT=       packet converter for sniffing IEEE 802.15.4
>
> -V=             1.3
> -GH_ACCOUNT =   homewsn
> -GH_PROJECT =   whsniff
> -GH_TAGNAME =   v${V}
> -DISTNAME=      whsniff-${V}
> +GH_ACCOUNT=    homewsn
> +GH_PROJECT=    whsniff
> +GH_TAGNAME=    v1.3
>
>  CATEGORIES=    net security
>
>  MAINTAINER=    Sebastian Reitenbach <sebastia@openbsd.org>
>
> -# GPLv2
> +# GPLv2 only
>  PERMIT_PACKAGE=        Yes
>
>  WANTLIB += c usb-1.0
>
> -LIB_DEPENDS =  devel/libusb1
> +LIB_DEPENDS=   devel/libusb1
>
>  MAKE_FLAGS=    CFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
>                 LDFLAGS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib"
>
> -FAKE_FLAGS +=  PREFIX=${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}
> +FAKE_FLAGS=    PREFIX=${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}
>
> -NO_TEST =      Yes
> +NO_TEST=       Yes
>  USE_GMAKE=     Yes
>
>  .include <bsd.port.mk>
> diff -uNp -r whsniff.orig/patches/patch-Makefile
> whsniff/patches/patch-Makefile
> --- whsniff.orig/patches/patch-Makefile Thu May 14 15:34:45 2026
> +++ whsniff/patches/patch-Makefile      Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
> @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
> -Index: Makefile
> ---- Makefile.orig
> -+++ Makefile
> -@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endif
> -
> - # Installation directories by convention
> - # http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Directory-Variables.html
> --PREFIX = /usr/local
> -+PREFIX ?= /usr/local
> - EXEC_PREFIX = $(PREFIX)
> - BINDIR = $(EXEC_PREFIX)/bin
> - SYSCONFDIR = $(PREFIX)/etc
>


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