[Bug 294995] devel/libsysinfo: /usr/share/mk/bsd.endian.mk:25: Unknown modifier ":aarch64 amd64 armv7 i386 powerpc64le riscv*"

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Date: Mon, 04 May 2026 09:24:08 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=294995

            Bug ID: 294995
           Summary: devel/libsysinfo: /usr/share/mk/bsd.endian.mk:25:
                    Unknown modifier ":aarch64  amd64  armv7  i386
                    powerpc64le  riscv*"
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: misc
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: agh@riseup.net

On a 16-CURRENT-n285658-9b0d9401e6a4 host, with matching poudriere jail,
devel/libsysinfo fails to build:
> =======================<phase: build          >============================
> ===== env: NO_DEPENDS=yes USER=pkgbuild UID=65532 GID=65532
> ===>  Building for libsysinfo-0.0.3_3
> make: /usr/share/mk/bsd.endian.mk:25: Unknown modifier ":aarch64  amd64  armv7  i386  powerpc64le  riscv*"
> 	while evaluating indirect modifiers "aarch64  amd64  armv7  i386  powerpc64le  riscv*"
> 	while evaluating variable "_ENDIAN_ARCH" with value "amd64"
> 	in /usr/share/mk/bsd.endian.mk:25
> 	in .for loop from /usr/share/mk/bsd.compiler.mk:160 with cc = CC, X_ = ${_empty_var_}
> 	in /usr/share/mk/bsd.own.mk:297
> 	in /usr/share/mk/bsd.init.mk:21
> 	in /usr/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk:16
> 	in /wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/libsysinfo/work/libsysinfo-0.0.3/Makefile:16
> make: /usr/share/mk/bsd.endian.mk:53: Don't know the endianness of this architecture
> 	in .for loop from /usr/share/mk/bsd.compiler.mk:160 with cc = CC, X_ = ${_empty_var_}
> 	in /usr/share/mk/bsd.own.mk:297
> 	in /usr/share/mk/bsd.init.mk:21
> 	in /usr/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk:16
> 	in /wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/libsysinfo/work/libsysinfo-0.0.3/Makefile:16
> 
> make: stopped making "all" in /wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/libsysinfo/work/libsysinfo-0.0.3
> ===> Compilation failed unexpectedly.
> Try to set MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes and rebuild before reporting the failure to
> the maintainer.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> make: stopped making "build" in /usr/ports/devel/libsysinfo
> =>> Cleaning up wrkdir

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