På onsdag 1. juli 2026 kl. 19:12, skrev Volker Schlecht
<openbsd-ports@schlecht.dev>:

> Here's an update to wayland/niri that I have been running happily for a couple
> of weeks now:
>
> * Update to latest upstream release
>
> * enable dbus feature, and add RUN_DEPENDS on x11/dbus
>
> * replace startniri.sh by niri-session to match the upstream script of the
>    same name. That brings us closer to how niri works on Linux
>
> * use dbus-run-session to start the niri session, which takes care of the
>    necessary environment variables
>
> * install the default xdg-desktop-portal configuration
>
> * enable pipewire support and screencast support
>
> * add a RUN_DEPENDS on wayland/swaylock, since it's used by the default config
>
> * remove the patch to use wofi in the default config, since we have fuzzel now
>    (upstream default); change RUN_DEPENDS accordingly
>
> * remove the render node from the default configuration (it's not needed since
>    the last port update)
>
> * @sample the default configuration
>
> * Fix License (It's GPLv3 or later)
>
> Most of the patches needed can now be handled in the port itself, but
> unfortunately Smithay still needs to be patched upstream - the diff pulls it
> from my github repo for testing purposes.
>
> Testing and feedback welcome :)
>
>

Tested on current/amd64 with privsep.

This is what I got:

$ cd /usr/ports/wayland/niri/ && make build package test ; make port-lib-depends-check check-shlib-syms

===>  Generating configure for niri-26.04
===>  Configuring for niri-26.04
===>  Building for niri-26.04
error: failed to get `smithay` as a dependency of package `niri-config v26.4.0 (/usr/ports/pobj/niri-26.04/niri-26.04/niri-config)`

Caused by:
  failed to load source for dependency `smithay`

Caused by:
  unable to update https://github.com/Smithay/smithay.git?rev=ff5fa7df392cecfba049ffed55cdaa4e98a8e7ef#ff5fa7df

Caused by:
  can't checkout from 'https://github.com/Smithay/smithay.git': you are in the offline mode (--offline)
*** Error 101 in . (/usr/ports/devel/cargo/cargo.port.mk:370 'do-build': @cd /usr/ports/pobj/niri-26.04/niri-26.04 && /usr/bin/env -i PORTSD...)
*** Error 2 in . (/usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk:3075 '/usr/ports/pobj/niri-26.04/.build_done': @cd /usr/ports/wayland/niri && PKG...)
*** Error 2 in /usr/ports/wayland/niri (/usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk:2722 'build': @lock=niri-26.04;  export _LOCKS_HELD=" niri-...)
===>  Building for niri-26.04
error: failed to get `smithay` as a dependency of package `niri-config v26.4.0 (/usr/ports/pobj/niri-26.04/niri-26.04/niri-config)`

Caused by:
  failed to load source for dependency `smithay`

Caused by:
  unable to update https://github.com/Smithay/smithay.git?rev=ff5fa7df392cecfba049ffed55cdaa4e98a8e7ef#ff5fa7df

Caused by:
  can't checkout from 'https://github.com/Smithay/smithay.git': you are in the offline mode (--offline)
*** Error 101 in . (/usr/ports/devel/cargo/cargo.port.mk:370 'do-build': @cd /usr/ports/pobj/niri-26.04/niri-26.04 && /usr/bin/env -i PORTSD...)
*** Error 2 in /usr/ports/wayland/niri (/usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk:3075 '/usr/ports/pobj/niri-26.04/.build_done': @cd /usr/por...)
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// Tried doing this three different times. Am I doing something incorrect
perhaps?

Hope this helps. May you be successful hacking.
--
yaydn