Re: building on freeBSD

On May 23, 2026, at 2:04=E2=80=AFPM, Philipp =
<[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> [2026-05-23 13:49] Bakul Shah <[email protected]>
>>> On May 23, 2026, at 1:33=E2=80=AFPM, Philipp =
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> I have some ideas how to fix this:
>>>=20
>>> * only output a warning when FreeBSD is detected
>>> * fallback to /usr/local/ when the command fails
>>> * remove the special handling completly
>>> * add a specia --localbase to configure when run on *BSD
>>>=20
>>> I have no idea what the best way is to fix this.
>>=20
>> What about just creating /usr/port/Mk/* ?
>> I just did that (unmounted /usr/port and added the above dir)
>> and ./configure completed fine.
>=20
> I'm not sure if you want to help me getting nmh build or find a fix =
for
> the issue. So to be clear: I'm able to workaround this issue.
>=20
> Why I have written the mail: I would argue building should either work
> without having to tinker on your system or fail with a reasonable =
error
> message. So I would say this is a bug in the build system.

Here's a simpler workaround:

BSDPORTMK=3D/dev/null ./configure

[But you may have to do a "autoreconf -f" if automake version doesn't
match, as was the case on my pi4 freebsd]

May be you can help get the build system fixed, given this hint!=