Toot from #pkgsrc/www/firefox-153.0 under #NetBSD/amd64-current...

And some updates of fundamental packages should be committed. #pkgsrc

Hmm... I am busy recently. Firefox 153 is coming. A test for my patch to fix build failure of #pkgsrc/www/firefox-152 under NetBSD/i386 will be in final stage.

@leaf A cleaner way to handle that would be to add 'only = { exists = "/usr/X11R7" }' to that line, feel free to to raise an issue for this and I can ship this in the default config if it's useful.

#pkgsrc #bob

Building pkgsrc with bob on NetBSD: if you get an error about X11R7, this is normal if you have a headless server without Xorg/X11.

Comment out the following line in your configuration file: { action = "mount", fs = "null", dir = "/usr/X11R7", opts = "-o ro" },
See https://github.com/jperkin/bob/blob/main/config/netbsd.lua#L152

Of course if you need to build X11 apps, install X11 on your host and keep the line.

#bob #pkgsrc #netbsd #chroot

Now that I want to keep gotosocial and readeack pkgsrc packages up to date automatically, I find myself trying bob.

Not bob the playschool user interface from Microsoft.
Bob  from @jperkin the pkgsrc building sandboxed factory written in rust.

Will see how it goes...

https://crates.io/crates/bob

#gotosocial #readeck #pkgsrc #bob #rustdev

@readeck Hello there, I did some work to build Readeck on NetBSD:

• For testing, and standalone installations: platform specific Makefile, diff patch and README files, will submit a PR on Codeberg 🙂

• For production : a package for the pksrc repository (WIP), NetBSD 10.1 amd64 build available here https://pepperm.int.eu.org/pkgsrc/packages/All/readeck-0.22.3.tgz (will be submitted to pkgsrc)

Happy notes on Readeck 🙂

#netbsd #pkgsrc #readeck #readitlater #golang

I should commit my changes to #pkgsrc...

✅ Successful gotosocial-0.22.0 (new stable major release) build and package available here https://pepperm.int.eu.org/pkgsrc/packages/All
From now on, this GTS version is stable: further upgrades will only be available from pkgsrc repository and GTS Codeberg repository (no need for me building -rc packages anymore, that's a good thing).

✅ Submitted a package update to pkgsrc-WIP for v0.22.0, with help of wiz it should be good.
One may use pkgin or NetBSD pkg_add tools to upgrade GoToSocial from now on.
Careful about releases notes and configuration or database breaking changes.

Build platform: NetBSD 10.1 amd64 / pkgsrc trunk
Compilation and linker flags aligned with GTS binary release on Codeberg

#pkgsrc #pkgsrc-wip #gotosocial #netbsd #instanceadmin

✅ Successful gotosocial-0.21.3 (current stable) build and package available here http://pepperm.int.eu.org/pkgsrc/packages/All/

✅ Submitted a package update to pkgsrc-WIP for v0.21.3, with help of wiz it should be good

Build platform: NetBSD 10.1 amd64 / pkgsrc trunk
Compilation and linker flags aligned with GTS binary release on Codeberg

#pkgsrc #pkgsrc-wip #gotosocial #netbsd #instanceadmin

@freya does it make sense to look at #pkgsrc ?

#NetBSD #pkgsrc 2026Q2 is now fully underway.

There’s no easy way to move a kernel from NetBSD to an AmigaOS partition, so I had to xz it, split it, copy it over using MS-DOS disk images using a Gotek with FlashFloppy, then join and xz -d on the Amiga side.

#m68k is really taking off! The virt68k port that @thorpej has made is nothing short of amazing. It can now compile practically anything in a VM with 3 gigs of memory and 4 gigs of swap, faster than a real m68060.

This lets us compile large packages that weren’t previously possible or that required a lot of manual tweaking, like llvm-21.1.8, clang-21.1.8, webkit-gtk-2.36.8nb29.

More to come!

@gotosocial @netbsd ✅ Successful gotosocial-0.22.0-rc3 build and package available here https://pepperm.int.eu.org/pkgsrc/packages/All/

Build platform: NetBSD 10.1 amd64 / pkgsrc trunk
Compilation and linker flags aligned with GTS binary release on Codeberg

Will submit a package update to pkgsrc-WIP when GTS reaches 0.22.0-GA 😊

#pkgsrc #gotosocial #netbsd #instanceadmin

Ah, #pkgsrc 2026Q2 shipped early, yay.
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2026/06/23/msg043060.html

Slowly working on updating @gotosocial package in @netbsd’s pkgsrc tree…
Target : be ready with a working package for GTS 0.22 GA release 🤞

#pkgsrc

@jspath55 pkg_admin -V should help with the version info.

Sorry, but I don't know much about pkgin, that's more @jperkin so I may be completely off base about the #pkgsrc tools in use here?

Glad you found out why it's forcing postgresql 16 though 😃

@agc Digging deeper, I found where #PostgreSQL versions are configured for #pkgsrc builds:

../../mk/pgsql.buildlink3.mk

PGSQL_VERSION_DEFAULT?= 16
PGSQL_VERSIONS_ACCEPTED?= 18 17 16 15 14 13

That clears up the "Use the 16, Luke" mystery. I'll report that 13 is off the table as there is no client.

$ pkgin se "postgresql1[3-9]-client"
postgresql14-client-14.23 = PostgreSQL database client programs
... 15 16 17 ...
postgresql18-client-18.4 PostgreSQL database client programs

portability(TM) #netbsd #pkgsrc #tigersrc

* alix3d3 (i586) - it finds out what uses SSE2 when it shouldn't
* er4 (evbmips64n64eb) - it finds out when things hardcode a list of supported archs
* mac mini (powerpc; usually runs darwin) - it finds out when things don't specify a c/c++ lang std
* olimex a64 (aarch64) - it finds out when the arm drivers get too piney.
* banana pi (earmv7hfeb) - ugh.
* blade 150 (sparc64, bottom) - it finds out EVERYTHING.

100% not running 24/7.

Alt...

some smaller computers that run netbsd piled on top of a larger one that runs netbsd. see post body for descriptions of computers in this image.

@jspath55 Wow. Never seen that before, ... and can't reproduce it here :( (NetBSD aarch64 11.99.6, pkg_admin 20260227):

> pkg_admin pmatch 'postgresql1[0-35-9]-client-[0-9]*' 'postgresql14-client-14.23' && echo match
>

What version of the pkg_install tools do you have?

#pkgsrc

"
pkg_add: Installed package `postgresql14-client-14.23' conflicts with `postgresql1[0-35-9]-client-[0-9]*' when trying to install `postgresql16-client-16.14'.
"

Wait. What?

#pkgsrc

is there someone on here who uses #pkgsrc with #macos ?

i can download #alacritty with pkgsrc now, but the version it installs for macos doesn't seem to be the version i can download from github -- it isn't installed to /Applications and has to be bootstrapped via Terminal.app to run.

are there any clever/simple ways to rig this up? am i missing something obvious?

Delighted to announce the first 1.0.0 release of bob, and import it into pkgsrc for general use in time for pkgsrc-2026Q2.

https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2026/06/12/msg348092.html

One of the reasons for the name is in honour of my dad, who has later stage dementia.

I've poured a lot of effort into making this program be the best it can be, so that it is befitting of its name.

It's something I've wanted for many years, and I'm thrilled that it's now available. I think it's pretty great, and I hope you do too.

#pkgsrc #bob

Released bob v0.99.7, available via 'cargo install bob' or pkgsrc-wip/bob.

Includes a whole host of performance wins, memory use reductions, new commands, ergonomic improvements, reliability fixes, and general code cleanups.

Aiming to release this as v1.0 ready to import into pkgsrc for the next branch, so if you have any issues with it please let me know as soon as possible!

https://github.com/jperkin/bob/blob/main/CHANGES.md

Happy building.

#pkgsrc #bob #rustlang

There is some progress on the matter. Thomas Klausner suggested an OpenSSL patch he had found and Martin Husemann helped fix my `build.sh` problems. Testing it all since yesterday and so far it hasn't crashed! 🤞
#netbsd #openssl #pkgsrc #haproxy

@surfhosting It worked! On to the next package... #pkgsrc #RaspberryPi

@michael_croes Dans #pkgsrc, tu trouveras également sysupgrade, ce qui est bien plus facile. Un simple « sysupgrade auto » suivi d’un redémarrage suffit.

EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia was great!

At NetBSD devsummit I have presented «Running Docker (and more) in NetBSD via Lima». Lima (<https://lima-vm.io/>) permits to run Linux virtual machines (as guests) - with port forwarding and volumes sharing - and I have showed how NetBSD is supported and works as host!

Slides available at <https://www.NetBSD.org/gallery/presentations/leot/eurobsdcon2025-devsummit-lima/lima.pdf>.

I have now also imported Lima in pkgsrc as sysutils/lima.

#EBC25 #netbsd #pkgsrc

I just updated my #pkgsrc wip packaging for the #VimClassic 8.3.0 release. It's working just fine on my #NetBSD 11 dev host.

If you want to test it, see the https://pkgsrc.org/wip/ docs here. I'm going to live with for a couple days and see about getting it pulled into main.

はてなブログに投稿しました
NetBSD/amd64,i386 11.0_RC4 ておくれLive Image 20260601版 - tsutsuiの作業記録置き場
https://tsutsui.hatenablog.com/entry/teokure20260601
#はてなブログ #NetBSD #pkgsrc #mikutter

hey #netbsd people! On 11.0_RC4 I have an issue with haproxy 3.3.5 from #pkgsrc 2025Q1. It randomly fails with:

/usr/src/crypto/external/apache2/openssl/dist/ssl/record/methods/tls_common.c:1902: OpenSSL internal error: Assertion failed: rl->nextwbuf >= rl->numwpipes || TLS_BUFFER_get_left(&rl->wbuf[rl->nextwbuf]) == 0

It had been working fine for months before I upgraded to 11.0_RC4. Any ideas how to tshoot it further?

bug report: https://gnats.netbsd.org/60292

The #pkgsrc version of rsync says 3.4.3 but the builds say 3.4.1 or earlier.
https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/net/rsync/index.html

It is #pkgsrc/www/firefox151b10, not 150.0b10.

Toot from #pkgsrc/www/firefox-151.0b10 under #NetBSD/amd64-current. It is better than 150.

First SmartOS pkgsrc build using GCC 15.2.0. As expected, plenty of fallout due to the ongoing strictness changes in upstream GCC.

https://reports.pkgci.org/SmartOS/upstream/trunk/20260518T093149Z/report.html

Hopeful that there are only a few high-profile blockers, and that the gmake failure is not more systemic gnulib-type issues where all individual releases bundle their own broken copies.

#pkgsrc #illumos

@veer66 #pkgsrc works on a number of different operating systems, including Linux and MacOS. You don't have to run #NetBSD to use pkgsrc 🤘

"
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi 1 2 3
awk: log result out of range
input record number 3, file
source line number 11
"
#Fail
The classic "BYTE Benchmark" from the 1990s, still out there in #PkgSrc

@veer66 Why not create your own pkgsrc entry (ie directory, Makefile, distinfo, DESCR, PLIST and any patches) for your own software? Maybe add it to #pkgsrc-wip so everyone can use it?Then you won't be breaking abstractions, and you and others can use it on other autotools-supported platforms you may not have access to (pkgsrc makes sure config.sub and config.guess are consistent everywhere)

Yesterday I updated my laptop to #NetBSD 11 RC4. Went smooth. After I upgraded #pkgsrc to 2026Q1 using pkg_chk. It was the first time I managed to upgrade pkgsrc packages using this tool without problems! 🥳