Re: git: 1fc26d9baa11 - main - sysutils/memtest86+: deprecate the port and set expiration date

Hi Andriy,

Am Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 09:45:22AM +0000 schrieb Andriy Gapon:
> The branch main has been updated by avg:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=1fc26d9baa115e811031a762a2a0109e7dc28c07
> 
> commit 1fc26d9baa115e811031a762a2a0109e7dc28c07
> Author:     Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2025-06-23 09:34:46 +0000
> Commit:     Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2025-06-23 09:44:57 +0000
> 
>     sysutils/memtest86+: deprecate the port and set expiration date
>     
>     The crown jewel of the port, an ELF binary that could be booted by
>     FreeBSD BIOS boot-chain, has been broken for a long while now.
>     Besides, most systems use EFI boot now and the EFI binary available from
>     the upstream can be used on those systems.
>     Also, many systems based on coreboot provide built-in memtest86+.
>     So, the port no longer serves any useful purpose.

It would still be useful to have that EFI binary shipped.  Could the
port perhaps be adapted for this purpose?

Yours,
Robert Clausecker

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