Re: Uh, what happened here? ("spine" disappeared from packages?!)

From: Ronald Klop <ronald-lists_at_klop.ws>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:51:25 UTC
It has a build error

https://portsfallout.com/fallout?port=net-mgmt%2Fcacti-spine%24

Regards,
Ronald

Van: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net>
Datum: 10 januari 2026 18:21
Aan: "freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org" <freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org>
Onderwerp: Uh, what happened here? ("spine" disappeared from packages?!)

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> Jan 10 09:26:23 NewFS pkg[66930]: cpu-microcode-intel upgraded: 20251111 -> 2025
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> Jan 10 09:26:23 NewFS pkg[66930]: hwdata upgraded: 0.402,1 -> 0.403,1
> Jan 10 09:26:23 NewFS pkg[66930]: libarchive upgraded: 3.8.4,1 -> 3.8.5,1
> Jan 10 09:26:23 NewFS pkg[66930]: libthai upgraded: 0.1.29_2 -> 0.1.30
> Jan 10 09:26:24 NewFS pkg[66930]: openldap26-client upgraded: 2.6.10 -> 2.6.10_1
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> Jan 10 09:26:24 NewFS pkg[66930]: spine-1.2.30 deinstalled
> Jan 10 09:26:24 NewFS pkg[66930]: net-snmp upgraded: 5.9.4_6,1 -> 5.9.5.2,1
> Jan 10 09:26:24 NewFS pkg[66930]: php83-snmp reinstalled: 8.3.29 -> 8.3.29
> Jan 10 09:26:24 NewFS pkg[66930]: syncthing upgraded: 2.0.12_2 -> 2.0.13
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> Spine is required for cacti, and it is not listed in the package database anymore!  Attempting to reinstall it fails as not there.
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> [root@NewFS ~]# pkg install spine
> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
> FreeBSD repository is up to date.
> Updating FreeBSD-kmods repository catalogue...
> FreeBSD-kmods repository is up to date.
> All repositories are up to date.
> Updating database digests format: 100%
> pkg: No packages available to install matching 'spine' have been found in the repositories
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> Under /usr/ports net-mgmt/cacti-spine is listed however, attempting to pkg install cacti-spine says that is not there either.
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> This instantly broke my cacti installation and I'm loathe to build spine from the ports tree (although I could) because then I wind up with a "mixed bag" between packages and ports.
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> Karl Denninger
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