On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:47:17 -0500
izzy Meyer <izder456@disroot.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 18:29:46 +0000
> Johannes Thyssen Tishman <jtt@openbsd.org> wrote:
> 
> > 2026-07-06T20:00:23-0500 izzy Meyer <izder456@disroot.org>:
> > > Hello ports@
> > > 
> > > I'd like to import a small trivial port of inxi. Only depend is
> > > base's /usr/bin/perl.
> > > 
> > > /usr/ports/mystuff/sysutils/inxi git:(main) $ make show=COMMENT
> > > full featured CLI system information tool
> > > /usr/ports/mystuff/sysutils/inxi git:(main) $ portcheck  
> > > sysutils/inxi
> > > /usr/ports/mystuff/sysutils/inxi git:(main) $ cat pkg/DESCR 
> > > inxi is a command line system information tool. It was forked from
> > > the ancient and mindbendingly perverse yet ingenius infobash, by
> > > locsmif.
> > > 
> > > The primary purpose of inxi is for support, and sys admin use.
> > > inxi is used widely for forum and IRC support, which seems to be
> > > it's most common function.
> > 
> > Hi Izzy,
> > 
> > I've lightly tested some options and it seems to be working well. I
> > also tried testing inside a chroot to check for potential hidden
> > dependencies and I'm getting the following error when running
> > without flags:
> > 
> > Not a HASH reference at /usr/local/bin/inxi line 32161.
> > 
> > I think this only happens with some options like -[dD] or options
> > that include the output of those (like the default output). Not
> > sure why this happens, but I thought I'd mention it in case you
> > want to look into it.
> > 
> > While testing which options were causing this I also noticed that
> > using the -m flag gives the following error (inside or outside the
> > chroot):
> > 
> > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/local/bin/inxi line
> > 24570.
> > 
> > I don't think the above issues are blockers to import, but perhaps
> > something to report upstream? Portwise I only have the following
> > comments (diff below addressing them):
> > 
> > - I think CONFIGURE_STYLE = none does nothing so that can be
> > dropped.
> > - While using /usr/bin/install in the do-install target should be
> >   perfectly fine, there are predefined macros for installing these
> >   files. See INSTALL_{PROGRAM,SCRIPT,DATA,MAN}[_DIR] in
> > bsd.port.mk(5).
> > 
> > With those addressed, ok jtt@ to import.
> > 
> > diff -rup /tmp/inxi/Makefile inxi/Makefile
> > --- /tmp/inxi/Makefile	Tue Jul  7 02:54:35 2026
> > +++ inxi/Makefile	Tue Jul  7 19:45:20 2026
> > @@ -11,12 +11,10 @@ MAINTAINER =	izzy Meyer
> > <izder456@disroot.org> # GPLv3
> >  PERMIT_PACKAGE =	Yes
> >  
> > -CONFIGURE_STYLE =	none
> > -
> >  NO_BUILD =		Yes
> >  
> >  do-install:
> > -		install -m755 ${WRKDIST}/inxi ${PREFIX}/bin/inxi
> > -		install -m644 ${WRKDIST}/inxi.1
> > ${PREFIX}/man/man1/inxi.1
> > +	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKDIST}/inxi ${PREFIX}/bin/
> > +	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKDIST}/inxi.1 ${PREFIX}/man/man1/
> >  
> >  .include <bsd.port.mk>
> > 
> 
> Ping!
> 
> Attached a new tarball with above diff applied.
> 
> Cheers!
> 

Ping!

Here's the same tarball again.

Appreciated,

-- 
iz (she/her)

> I say mundane things
> so the uninteresting
> just might get noticed.

izder456 (dot) neocities (dot) org

• inxi-3.3.41-1.tgz (1K)