On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 08:14:21PM +1000, Stuart Longland VK4MSL wrote: > Hi all, > > I've dusted off my old Lemote Yeeloong and gotten OpenBSD 7.6 going on it > (it was running 6.9 I think… I just did a fresh install) and am in the > process of installing software. > > I note there seem to be no `mips64el` packages available on the mirrors, but > no biggie, that's what ports are for. > > Wondering if there was a Mastodon client in OpenBSD's ports tree, I did a > `make search key=mastodon` and was promptly told I need to install > `portslist` before I can do that. > > Now, it suggests I run `pkg_add portslist`, which fails because there's no > package repository. > > I did a `find` to see if I could locate a "portslist" package in the ports > tree… and still no luck. `sqlports` is there, and that may be the ultimate > answer, but those docs (and the error message in ports) could probably use a > pointer to the appropriate port name which installs `portslist` -- for those > second-class architectures where packages are not being built.
The FAQ mentions all introspection tools, you definitely want pkglocatedb instead.
