Sunday, March 29, 2026

Re: remove sysutils/nix

On Sun Mar 29, 2026 at 08:35:38PM +0000, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> Efforts to get nix(pkgs) going on OpenBSD seem to have been dropped
> completely, I stopped using our port looong ago and, since import in
> 2023, have never received a single report from anyone.
>
> Some things never worked, others require bits in nixpkgs to be done,
> which never happened.
>
> Is anyone using this in any capacity other than 'toying with ideas'?
>
> If not, I'd like to drop it for real and give back some bulk time.
>
> Feedback? OK?
>
> 6 is "no longer usefel".
>

Yes, it was a waste of effort. There is no "u" in nix.

OK rsadowski

>
>
> Index: Makefile
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/ports/devel/quirks/Makefile,v
> diff -u -p -r1.1785 Makefile
> --- Makefile 25 Mar 2026 05:31:00 -0000 1.1785
> +++ Makefile 29 Mar 2026 20:32:16 -0000
> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CATEGORIES = devel databases
> DISTFILES =
>
> # API.rev
> -PKGNAME = quirks-7.192
> +PKGNAME = quirks-7.193
> PKG_ARCH = *
> MAINTAINER = Marc Espie <espie@openbsd.org>
>
> Index: files/Quirks.pm
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/ports/devel/quirks/files/Quirks.pm,v
> diff -u -p -r1.1797 Quirks.pm
> --- files/Quirks.pm 25 Mar 2026 05:31:00 -0000 1.1797
> +++ files/Quirks.pm 29 Mar 2026 20:33:50 -0000
> @@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ setup_obsolete_reason(
> 3 => 'usmb',
> 2 => 'libgdata',
> 3 => 'py3-cookies',
> + 6 => 'nix',
> );
>
> # these should be pkgnames, there was some hope that pkg_add might later
>

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