Re: portslist in the ports tree?

On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 08:14:21PM +1000, Stuart Longland VK4MSL wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've dusted off my old Lemote Yeeloong and gotten OpenBSD 7.6 going on it
> (it was running 6.9 I think… I just did a fresh install) and am in the
> process of installing software.
>
> I note there seem to be no `mips64el` packages available on the mirrors, but
> no biggie, that's what ports are for.
>
> Wondering if there was a Mastodon client in OpenBSD's ports tree, I did a
> `make search key=mastodon` and was promptly told I need to install
> `portslist` before I can do that.
>
> Now, it suggests I run `pkg_add portslist`, which fails because there's no
> package repository.
>
> I did a `find` to see if I could locate a "portslist" package in the ports
> tree… and still no luck. `sqlports` is there, and that may be the ultimate
> answer, but those docs (and the error message in ports) could probably use a
> pointer to the appropriate port name which installs `portslist` -- for those
> second-class architectures where packages are not being built.

The FAQ mentions all introspection tools, you definitely want pkglocatedb
instead.