Re: Bug: build is broken on FreeBSD if libsysinfo is installed

From: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>
Date: Jul 2, 2025, 22:33 UTC
Message-ID: <c8f4ae13-8578-4db3-bee3-1619f03428d4@ramsayjones.plus.com>
In-Reply-To: <818958f6-7387-48f8-a0a8-c050af212069@FreeBSD.org>

On 02/07/2025 12:28, Renato Botelho wrote:

> On 01/07/25 17:03, Ramsay Jones wrote:

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>> The patch is below. (I didn't write a commit message ;) ).
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>> Does this work for you?
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> Your patch works just fine for FreeBSD.  I tried it with libsysinfo installed and it just ignored it, as expected.

Thank you very much for testing this, much appreciated!

> I didn't test meson build since FreeBSD ports is based on autotools yet.

OK, no problem.

> BTW, should I start moving the port to meson?  Is it the default build method now?

The git project only provides source code (i.e. the project does not produce any binary distribution packages). So, each 'distributor' can use whatever tools they prefer to create their packages.

[A long time ago, we had some support for producing Red Hat and Debian packages (if my memory serves me correctly), but that didn't last long!]

If such a thing as a 'default build method' exists, then I would say that the Makefile (without configure) is it! (Meson is the *latest* build system used in the project, not the default).

>  Is there a plan to remove autotools?

At present there are no such plans.

ATB, Ramsay Jones