Re: [Packages request] xmobar - polybar - i3blocks (bars for windows managers)

[email protected] Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:04:41 +0000

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Thank you Thomas

I'll check the packages tomorrow, I'll report eventual issues if there will be some

Chees

2026-02-11T21:42:55Z Thomas Klausner <[email protected]>:

> On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 10:23:30PM +0100, Thomas Klausner wrote:
>>> polybar : a very popular bar that works with everything I've tried
>>> https://github.com/polybar/polybar
>>> https://polybar.github.io/
>> 
>> I tried packaging this, my progress is in wip/polybar, but it uses
>> Linux's inotify interface, which is not available on NetBSD.
> 
> pin@ pointed me to the FreeBSD package and taking the hint from there
> to use devel/libinotify, this builds on NetBSD now.
> 
> Completely untested, so let me know how it goes.
> Thomas