https://github.com/schmonz/nbpkg
Consistent shell UI for cross-platform pkgsrc builds
https://github.com/schmonz/nbpkg
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Consistent shell UI for cross-platform pkgsrc builds
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/schmonz/nbpkg
- Owner: schmonz
- License: unlicense
- Created: 2025-05-02T18:42:16.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-09-01T12:36:58.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-01-31T15:32:21.496Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: pkgsrc
- Language: Shell
- Homepage:
- Size: 37.1 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 3
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
# nbpkg
N.B.: next build, new binaries, no biggie.
See also [nbvm](https://github.com/schmonz/nbvm).
## What's here:
For increasingly arbitrary combinations of...
- Unixy host/guest OSes
- hardware architectures
- emulation and virtualization tools
...we have a consistent shell UI to perform various pkgsrc-specific steps.
I use this, at present, for couple purposes:
- Test-build pkgsrc packages on a variety of platforms
- Do weekly rebuilds of all packages for my server
## Why (generally)
In principle, when I'm responsible for outcomes, I want to encounter problems myself as early as possible, so as to:
1. Narrow them down with minimal time and brain, and
2. Consider mitigation options with maximal time and brain.
## Why (this repo specifically)
In practice, this repo helps me:
- As a pkgsrc developer, to make sure all my packages work on a wide variety of platforms.
- As a server administrator, to update every week to a fresh-built set of the latest packages I rely on (not only mine).
## Goals
### Short-term
- Automate more manual steps
### Medium-term
- Connect two hosts (such as `aarch64` and `x86_64`) in tandem:
for any guest, run where virtualized, else run where emulation
is probably "faster"
- Learn how to do a (limited) bulk build and publish (for myself) the results
- Iterate over all guests
### Long-term
- Have these tools adopted as official pkgsrc infrastructure
- Allow pkgsrc developers to submit proposed changes _before_ committing, to see how they build across a wide variety of platforms
- Build a GitHub Action backed by these tools