Re: multimedia/webcamd: Variable "MK_REPRODUCIBLE_PATHS" is undefined

From: Dimitry Andric <dim_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:36:27 UTC
On 10 Jan 2026, at 15:26, ruby R53 <red_M95@proton.me> wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to install x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev, and this is one of its dependencies. It's been throwing that error for a while, and I can't continue the build unless I bypass that by installing the webcamd package instead.
> 
> Here's a fuller message:
> ```
> [...]
> make -C/usr/ports/multimedia/webcamd/work/webcamd-5.17.1.2/tools/linux_make
> make[3]: /usr/share/mk/bsd.debug.mk:19: Variable "MK_REPRODUCIBLE_PATHS" is undefined
>        in /usr/share/mk/bsd.prog.mk:362
>        in /usr/share/multimedia/webcamd/work/webcamd-5.17.1.2/tools/linux_make/Makefile:12
>        in make[3] in directory "/usr/ports/multimedia/webcamd/work/webcamd-5.17.1.2/tools/linux_make"
> make[3]: Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
> make[3]: stopped making "all" in /usr/ports/multimedia/webcamd/work/webcamd-5.17.1.2/tools/linux_make
> *** Error code 1
> ```
> 
> Seems like it's a problem with the port build information, and not with webcamd itself···

Looks like you are running into https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=292005, which should have been fixed by https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=660416fd1943bf9e69895f910902e305e195b860 (on 2025-12-29).

-Dimitry