From: Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>
Subject: Re: [UPDATE] devel/swig
To: Stuart Cassoff <exokoide@yahoo.ca>
Cc: OpenBSD Ports <ports@openbsd.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:46:36 +0000

On 2026/01/23 11:41, Stuart Cassoff wrote:
> Other ports:
> Evaluated ports having an immediate dependency on swig on i386/amd64.
> Tarball with more info, logs and patches at:
> https://chiselapp.com/user/stwo/repository/tarballia/uv/swig421to441.tar.gz

this tar is quite difficult to work with, could you send the patches for
those other ports as a diff please?

> 
> Two and one half ports not done:
> Out of time for evaluating kicad on amd64. Should be ok (i386 ok).
> Not enough time or resources for the two llvm ports.
> 
> Consumers of these ports not evaluated.
> Most patches can go in now, in advance of a swig update, fwiw.
> 
> 
> Stu
> 
> 
> 
> diff -Nurp /usr/ports/devel/swig/Makefile ./Makefile
> --- /usr/ports/devel/swig/Makefile	Wed Dec 17 07:51:24 2025
> +++ ./Makefile	Tue Jan 20 15:33:39 2026
> @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
>  COMMENT =	simplified wrapper and interface generator
>  
>  SUBST_VARS =	VERSION
> -VERSION =	4.2.1
> -REVISION =	0
> +VERSION =	4.4.1
>  
>  DISTNAME =	swig-${VERSION}
>  CATEGORIES =	devel
> @@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ CATEGORIES =	devel
>  HOMEPAGE =	https://www.swig.org/
>  
>  # BSD
> -PERMIT_PACKAGE =	Yes
> +PERMIT_PACKAGE =Yes
>  
>  WANTLIB =	c m pcre2-8 ${COMPILER_LIBCXX} z
>  
> @@ -32,6 +31,11 @@ LIB_DEPENDS =	devel/pcre2
>  # don't run update-plist after make test
>  TEST_DEPENDS =	devel/boost
>  
> +TEST_FLAGS =	TCLSH=${MODTCL_BIN}
> +
> +# https://github.com/swig/swig/issues/3296
> +TEST_FLAGS +=	ENGINE=Thomas
> +
>  USE_GMAKE =	Yes
>  CONFIGURE_STYLE = gnu
>  # We can't configure --with-ruby because of a dependency circle,
> @@ -47,13 +51,13 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with-tclincl=${MODTCL_INCDIR} \
>  		 --without-java \
>  		 --without-javascript \
>  		 --without-lua \
> -		 --without-mzscheme \
>  		 --without-ocaml \
>  		 --without-octave \
>  		 --without-php \
>  		 --without-r \
>  		 --without-ruby \
>  		 --without-scilab
> +
>  MODGNU_CONFIG_GUESS_DIRS = ${WRKSRC}/Tools/config
>  
>  ALL_TARGET =	swig
> @@ -62,12 +66,18 @@ SWIG_DOCS =	${PREFIX}/share/doc/swig
>  
>  PORTHOME =	${WRKDIR}
>  
> -pre-test:
> -	ln -sf ${MODTCL_BIN} ${WRKDIR}/bin/tclsh
> -
>  post-install:
>  	${INSTALL_DATA_DIR} ${SWIG_DOCS}
>  	cp -R ${WRKSRC}/Doc/* ${SWIG_DOCS}
> -	chmod 0644 ${SWIG_DOCS}/Manual/CCache.html
>  
>  .include <bsd.port.mk>
> +
> +
> +# guile tests will crash, use --without-guile to run all the other tests.
> +
> +# ENGINE is "" so target "check-javascript-prepare" will be run, despite --without-javascript.
> +# Set ENGINE to anything except "", "jsc", or "v8".
> +
> +# Noise reduction
> +TEST_FLAGS +=	  EXTRA_CFLAGS='-Wno-deprecated-volatile -Wno-implicit-const-int-float-conversion' \
> +		EXTRA_CXXFLAGS='-Wno-deprecated-volatile -Wno-implicit-const-int-float-conversion'
> diff -Nurp /usr/ports/devel/swig/distinfo ./distinfo
> --- /usr/ports/devel/swig/distinfo	Sat May 11 14:59:55 2024
> +++ ./distinfo	Wed Dec 10 00:44:36 2025
> @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
> -SHA256 (swig-4.2.1.tar.gz) = +gRTVOLQSLLN3GlXnkJWJF1GdolIWPzwurIpDs9Zt9g=
> -SIZE (swig-4.2.1.tar.gz) = 8364050
> +SHA256 (swig-4.4.1.tar.gz) = QBYqcGxW91ktCP1S71URy3rBkfNZPPBzBqClVMYoH88=
> +SIZE (swig-4.4.1.tar.gz) = 8658358
> diff -Nurp /usr/ports/devel/swig/patches/patch-configure ./patches/patch-configure
> --- /usr/ports/devel/swig/patches/patch-configure	Sat May 11 14:59:55 2024
> +++ ./patches/patch-configure	Mon Dec 29 10:07:07 2025
> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
> +https://github.com/swig/swig/issues/3304
> +
>  fix Examples/guile/multivalue & multimap regress tests
>  
>  ld: error: unknown argument '-I/usr/local/include'
> @@ -8,12 +10,13 @@ ld: error: unable to find library -lm
>  Index: configure
>  --- configure.orig
>  +++ configure
> -@@ -6549,7 +6549,7 @@ then
> +@@ -6619,7 +6619,8 @@ then
>   	*-*-linux*) LDSHARED="\$(CC) -shared";;
>   	*-*-dgux*) LDSHARED="ld -G";;
>   	*-*-freebsd3*) LDSHARED="\$(CC) -shared";;
>  -	*-*-freebsd* | *-*-openbsd*) LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable";;
> -+	*-*-freebsd* | *-*-openbsd*) LDSHARED="cc -shared";;
> ++	*-*-freebsd*) LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable";;
> ++	*-*-openbsd*) LDSHARED="\$(CC) -shared";;
>   	*-*-netbsd*)
>   		if [ "`\$(CC) -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]
>   		then
> diff -Nurp /usr/ports/devel/swig/pkg/DESCR ./pkg/DESCR
> --- /usr/ports/devel/swig/pkg/DESCR	Thu Jun  9 03:34:33 2011
> +++ ./pkg/DESCR	Fri Jan 23 11:07:03 2026
> @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ SWIG is a tool for automatically generating the wrappe
>  to link collections of functions written in C/C++ with interpreted
>  scripting languages.    Currently, SWIG supports :
>  
> +	- C
>  	- Guile
>  	- Java
> -	- Mzscheme
> -	- PHP
>  	- Perl
> +	- PHP
>  	- Python
>  	- Ruby
>  	- Tcl
> diff -Nurp /usr/ports/devel/swig/pkg/PLIST ./pkg/PLIST
> --- /usr/ports/devel/swig/pkg/PLIST	Sat May 11 14:59:55 2024
> +++ ./pkg/PLIST	Thu Dec  4 21:08:32 2025
> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ share/doc/swig/Devel/wrapobj.html
>  share/doc/swig/Manual/
>  share/doc/swig/Manual/Android.html
>  share/doc/swig/Manual/Arguments.html
> +share/doc/swig/Manual/C.html
>  share/doc/swig/Manual/CCache.html
>  share/doc/swig/Manual/CPlusPlus11.html
>  share/doc/swig/Manual/CPlusPlus14.html
> @@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ share/doc/swig/Manual/Library.html
>  share/doc/swig/Manual/Lua.html
>  share/doc/swig/Manual/Makefile
>  share/doc/swig/Manual/Modules.html
> -share/doc/swig/Manual/Mzscheme.html
>  share/doc/swig/Manual/Ocaml.html
>  share/doc/swig/Manual/Octave.html
>  share/doc/swig/Manual/Perl5.html
> @@ -80,6 +80,23 @@ share/swig/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/allkw.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/attribute.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/boost_shared_ptr.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/c.swg
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/cdata.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/cexcept.swg
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/cheader.swg
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/clabels.swg
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/std_common.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/std_except.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/std_map.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/std_pair.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/std_set.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/std_shared_ptr.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/std_string.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/std_vector.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/stl.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/c/typemaps.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/carrays.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/cmalloc.i
> @@ -90,6 +107,7 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/csharp/argcargv.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/csharp/arrays_csharp.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/csharp/boost_intrusive_ptr.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/csharp/boost_shared_ptr.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/csharp/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/csharp/complex.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/csharp/csharp.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/csharp/csharphead.swg
> @@ -128,6 +146,7 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/d/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/d/argcargv.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/d/boost_shared_ptr.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/d/carrays.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/d/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/d/cpointer.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/d/d.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/d/dclassgen.swg
> @@ -158,6 +177,7 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/d/swigmove.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/d/typemaps.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/d/wrapperloader.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/director_common.swg
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/director_guard.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/exception.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/go/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/go/argcargv.i
> @@ -182,6 +202,7 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/go/swigmove.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/go/typemaps.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/guile/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/guile/argcargv.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/guile/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/guile/common.scm
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/guile/cplusplus.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/guile/guile.i
> @@ -212,6 +233,7 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/java/argcargv.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/java/arrays_java.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/java/boost_intrusive_ptr.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/java/boost_shared_ptr.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/java/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/java/director.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/java/enums.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/java/enumsimple.swg
> @@ -243,11 +265,11 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/java/swigmove.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/java/typemaps.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/java/various.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/javascriptkw.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/jsc/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/jsc/argcargv.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/jsc/arrays_javascript.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/jsc/ccomplex.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/jsc/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/jsc/cmalloc.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/jsc/complex.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/jsc/exception.i
> @@ -280,7 +302,6 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/napi/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/napi/argcargv.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/napi/arrays_javascript.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/napi/ccomplex.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/napi/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/napi/cmalloc.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/napi/complex.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/napi/exception.i
> @@ -313,7 +334,6 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/v8/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/v8/argcargv.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/v8/arrays_javascript.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/v8/ccomplex.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/v8/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/v8/cmalloc.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/v8/complex.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/v8/exception.i
> @@ -342,11 +362,11 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/v8/std_vector.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/v8/stl.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/v8/swigmove.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/javascript/v8/typemaps.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/javascriptkw.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/lua/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/lua/_std_common.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/lua/argcargv.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/lua/carrays.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/lua/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/lua/factory.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/lua/lua.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/lua/lua_fnptr.i
> @@ -369,23 +389,9 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/lua/swigmove.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/lua/typemaps.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/lua/wchar.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/math.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/argcargv.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/mzrun.swg
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/mzscheme.swg
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/std_auto_ptr.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/std_common.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/std_deque.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/std_map.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/std_pair.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/std_string.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/std_unique_ptr.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/std_vector.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/stl.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/swigmove.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/mzscheme/typemaps.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/ocaml/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/ocaml/carray.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/ocaml/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/ocaml/class.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/ocaml/cstring.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/ocaml/director.swg
> @@ -417,7 +423,6 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/octave/argcargv.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/octave/attribute.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/octave/boost_shared_ptr.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/octave/carrays.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/octave/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/octave/cmalloc.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/octave/director.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/octave/exception.i
> @@ -461,7 +466,6 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/perl5/Makefile.pl
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/perl5/argcargv.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/perl5/attribute.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/perl5/carrays.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/perl5/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/perl5/cmalloc.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/perl5/cpointer.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/perl5/cstring.i
> @@ -501,6 +505,7 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/perl5/swigmove.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/perl5/typemaps.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/php/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/php/argcargv.i
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/php/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/php/const.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/php/director.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/php/factory.i
> @@ -530,13 +535,13 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/python/boost_shared_ptr.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/builtin.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/carrays.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/ccomplex.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/python/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/cmalloc.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/complex.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/cpointer.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/cstring.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/cwstring.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/director.swg
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/python/director_py_mutex.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/embed.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/exception.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/factory.i
> @@ -556,7 +561,6 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pyhead.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pyinit.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pyiterators.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pymacros.swg
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pyname_compat.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pyopers.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pyprimtypes.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pyrun.swg
> @@ -566,7 +570,6 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pystrings.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/python.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pythonkw.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pythreads.swg
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pytuplehlp.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pytypemaps.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pyuserdir.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/python/pywstrings.swg
> @@ -613,7 +616,6 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/python/wchar.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/r/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/r/argcargv.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/r/boost_shared_ptr.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/r/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/r/exception.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/r/r.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/r/rcontainer.swg
> @@ -644,7 +646,6 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/ruby/argcargv.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/ruby/attribute.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/ruby/boost_shared_ptr.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/ruby/carrays.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/ruby/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/ruby/cmalloc.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/ruby/cpointer.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/ruby/cstring.i
> @@ -840,7 +841,6 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/argcargv.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/attribute.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/carrays.i
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/cdata.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/cmalloc.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/cpointer.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/cstring.i
> @@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/tcl8.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/tclapi.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/tclerrors.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/tclfragments.swg
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/tclincludes.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/tclinit.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/tclinterp.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/tclkw.swg
> @@ -883,7 +884,8 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/tcl/wish.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/attribute.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/carrays.swg
> -share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/cdata.swg
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/cdata_begin.swg
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/cdata_end.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/cmalloc.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/cpointer.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/cstring.swg
> @@ -914,6 +916,7 @@ share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/typemaps.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/valtypes.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/void.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/typemaps/wstring.swg
> +share/swig/${VERSION}/unique_ptr.swg
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/wchar.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/windows.i
>  share/swig/${VERSION}/xml/
>