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

On 23/06/2025 13:51, Robert Clausecker wrote:
> 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?

I am not sure if it's worthwhile to have a port / package for something as 
trivial as following a download link to, e.g., 
https://www.memtest.org/download/v7.20/mt86plus_7.20.binaries.zip from 
memtest86+ main page.
Installing / updating memtest64.efi in the EFI partition would probably have to 
be a manual step outside of the port's scope.  Configuring a boot entry for it 
seems to be even more machine / site specific.

-- 
Andriy Gapon