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

From: Karl Denninger <karl_at_denninger.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:56:08 UTC
On 1/10/2026 12:51, Ronald Klop wrote:
> 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?!)
>
>     Jan 10 09:26:23 NewFS pkg[66930]: cpu-microcode-intel upgraded:
>     20251111 -> 2025
>     1111_1
>     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
>
>     M
>     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
>
>     Spine is required for cacti, and it is not listed in the package
>     database anymore!  Attempting to reinstall it fails as not there.
>
>     [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
>
>     Under /usr/ports net-mgmt/cacti-spine is listed however,
>     attempting to pkg install cacti-spine says that is not there either.
>
>     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.
>
>     -- 
>     Karl Denninger
>     karl@denninger.net
>     /The Market Ticker/
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>
I attempted to switch to the cmd.php poller (which is slower) but it 
something in one of these two updates borked using THAT:

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

I assume its the php83-snmp reinstall that broke that since net-snmp is 
only a client (and yet ALL SNMP lookups in cacti got borked, including 
on machines that are not FreeBSD boxes.)

I'm investigating why the latter doesn't work since it certainly should.

-- 
Karl Denninger
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