Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:15:08 -0800 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Of LSOF Message-ID: <F486A56D-9A33-403C-889A-B1941BCE441D@mail.sermon-archive.info> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1s%2B3BF9YwmRbQzkGHTt%2Be5tuW2vLtF3-MK_oJJPSvX_%2BA@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1712271008040.27626@aneurin.horsfall.org> <4DB6D455-3F50-4AC9-83A4-0AFD06B6058C@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1712271111260.27626@aneurin.horsfall.org> <CAN6yY1uW1oiVFAesocuszWcoRYYYWTLucqzvFuq4nOqgxfty7Q@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1712280806320.64029@aneurin.horsfall.org> <E356D2DC-BE3F-47B7-9570-98173A456BDA@mail.sermon-archive.info> <CAN6yY1s%2B3BF9YwmRbQzkGHTt%2Be5tuW2vLtF3-MK_oJJPSvX_%2BA@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 27 December 2017, at 16:05, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> = wrote: >=20 > On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote: > > On 27 December 2017, at 13:26, Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> = wrote: > > > > On Tue, 26 Dec 2017, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > >> [...] Putting header files into the port is a non-starter as they = MUST match the kernel on which lsof is built. I added lsof to = PORTS_MODULES so it is rebuilt with any new kernel on my stable system = and on one release system so I can use that package to install elsewhere = rather then use the repo package. > > > > Good point; thanks. "lsof" is a superb tool, BTW... > > > >> Now that 10.3 is EOL I would expect that the package built for = 10-STABLE would be built on 10.4-RELEASE, but I don't know for sure. It = should be and the next quarterly should be 10.4 based, too. > > > > OK. > > > > The history is that I used to build from ports because the then-boss = did, and I didn't even know about pre-built packages. Then, one day, = Ruby needed to be rebuilt, which promptly blew away /tmp i.e. swap... = I'm a big fan of TMPFS; I had it on the old BSDi box (where it was = "mfs"), and even my old CP/M box (where it was "M:"). >=20 > Why not add losf to the base? Its a useful tool like ping, traceroute = etc. >=20 > While I can't say the exact reason, though I'd guess that it might be = a licensing issue, though the license is very similar to a BSD license. = Another possible issue is that lsof is frequently updated and that would = mean that the version in FreeBSD base would get fairly old before EOL. >=20 > fstat(1) does much of what lsof does. =20 >=20 I can't speak to the licensing issue as I have never looked into that. = However, the frequently updated issue doesn't seem to be an issue for = openssl. The base version is sometimes old, and the port versions are = newer. At least lsof would be a working version for those who only use = packages. If you need the newer features, then you would need to = install the port.
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