From: byteskeptical Subject: Re: [NEW WIP]: net/monero (help needed) To: David Uhden Collado Cc: ports@openbsd.org Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 21:30:53 +0000 Reply-To: byteskeptical 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 -- All desire is the desire to be desired by the subject presumed to know.