Re: git: 5d67fe169bc4 - main - security/nmap*: Actually use devel/pcre2

From: Daniel Engberg <diizzy_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:05:27 UTC
On 2026-03-29 15:07, Daniel Engberg wrote:
> On 2026-03-29 14:28, Cy Schubert wrote:
>> The branch main has been updated by cy:
>>
>> URL: 
>> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=5d67fe169bc41ebbb104bc6b7729258969e80772
>>
>> commit 5d67fe169bc41ebbb104bc6b7729258969e80772
>> Author:     Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>
>> AuthorDate: 2026-03-29 12:17:51 +0000
>> Commit:     Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>
>> CommitDate: 2026-03-29 12:28:11 +0000
>>
>>      security/nmap*: Actually use devel/pcre2
>>           devel/pcre2 is specified as a dependency but not used. 
>> Instead nmap
>>      uses its own pcre2, which is missing symbols from its symbol table.
>>      This is not a problem with 16-CURRENT but 15-RELEASE-p2 fails to 
>> build.
>>      We fix this by using the pcre2 provided by ports.
>>           PR:             294112
>> ---
>>   security/nmap-devel/Makefile | 5 ++++-
>>   security/nmap/Makefile       | 6 +++---
>>   2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> Hi Cy,
>
> Are there any plans or perhaps already in progress working with 
> upstream to reduce the amount of local patches? Some of them seems to 
> be very old.
>
> Thanks for maintaining nmap!
>
> Best regards,
> Daniel
>
Friendly ping