On 6/9/23 11:11, Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
Hi all, is there some general guide on how to go about creating a port for anything implemented in node.js and using npm to download all sorts of dependencies at build/install time? I'd like to see a port of this: https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma Similarly a port of mineos would be awesome. Cloning from Github and running npm works and delivers a functional installation in ${WRKSRC} ... What now? I did not find any detailled help in the handbook or by searching. There seems to be a general method if all modules are available in npm (they have a repository it seems). But what with products like these? For Go applications there are very convenient tools to get all the dependencies into the port Makefile and do it in a clean way. Section 6.5.8 here: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/special/#building So any help with porting these would be greatly appreciated.
i've had to build node/js code in the past internally and i've found that whole ecosystem is awkward at best to work with (ports or not).
i did poke around the ports tree just now and found www/hedgedoc which makes use of yarn for building, it may be worth taking a look at that Makefile for inspiration. for my internal pkgs i did something similar that is in the "do-build" section iirc.
-pete -- Pete Wright p...@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
