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

Hi Andriy,

Am Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 03:40:36PM +0300 schrieb Andriy Gapon:
> 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.

Hm yes, I do kind of see the point.

Yours,
Robert Clausecker

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