Re: [new port]: sysutils/inxi

On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 18:29:46 +0000
Johannes Thyssen Tishman <[email protected]> wrote:

> 2026-07-06T20:00:23-0500 izzy Meyer <[email protected]>:
> > Hello ports@
> > 
> > I'd like to import a small trivial port of inxi. Only depend is
> > base's /usr/bin/perl.
> > 
> > /usr/ports/mystuff/sysutils/inxi git:(main) $ make show=COMMENT     
> > full featured CLI system information tool
> > /usr/ports/mystuff/sysutils/inxi git:(main) $ portcheck  
> > sysutils/inxi
> > /usr/ports/mystuff/sysutils/inxi git:(main) $ cat pkg/DESCR 
> > inxi is a command line system information tool. It was forked from
> > the ancient and mindbendingly perverse yet ingenius infobash, by
> > locsmif.
> > 
> > The primary purpose of inxi is for support, and sys admin use. inxi
> > is used widely for forum and IRC support, which seems to be it's
> > most common function.
> 
> Hi Izzy,
> 
> I've lightly tested some options and it seems to be working well. I
> also tried testing inside a chroot to check for potential hidden
> dependencies and I'm getting the following error when running without
> flags:
> 
> Not a HASH reference at /usr/local/bin/inxi line 32161.
> 
> I think this only happens with some options like -[dD] or options that
> include the output of those (like the default output). Not sure why
> this happens, but I thought I'd mention it in case you want to look
> into it.
> 
> While testing which options were causing this I also noticed that
> using the -m flag gives the following error (inside or outside the
> chroot):
> 
> Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/local/bin/inxi line
> 24570.
> 
> I don't think the above issues are blockers to import, but perhaps
> something to report upstream? Portwise I only have the following
> comments (diff below addressing them):
> 
> - I think CONFIGURE_STYLE = none does nothing so that can be dropped.
> - While using /usr/bin/install in the do-install target should be
>   perfectly fine, there are predefined macros for installing these
>   files. See INSTALL_{PROGRAM,SCRIPT,DATA,MAN}[_DIR] in
> bsd.port.mk(5).
> 
> With those addressed, ok jtt@ to import.
> 
> diff -rup /tmp/inxi/Makefile inxi/Makefile
> --- /tmp/inxi/Makefile	Tue Jul  7 02:54:35 2026
> +++ inxi/Makefile	Tue Jul  7 19:45:20 2026
> @@ -11,12 +11,10 @@ MAINTAINER =	izzy Meyer
> <[email protected]> # GPLv3
>  PERMIT_PACKAGE =	Yes
>  
> -CONFIGURE_STYLE =	none
> -
>  NO_BUILD =		Yes
>  
>  do-install:
> -		install -m755 ${WRKDIST}/inxi ${PREFIX}/bin/inxi
> -		install -m644 ${WRKDIST}/inxi.1
> ${PREFIX}/man/man1/inxi.1
> +	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKDIST}/inxi ${PREFIX}/bin/
> +	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKDIST}/inxi.1 ${PREFIX}/man/man1/
>  
>  .include <bsd.port.mk>
> 

Ping!

Attached a new tarball with above diff applied.

Cheers!

-- 
iz (she/her)

> I say mundane things
> so the uninteresting
> just might get noticed.

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