Re: pkg/59049: pkgtools/mtree is way out of date and fails to build on modern systems

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Subject: Re: pkg/59049: pkgtools/mtree is way out of date and fails to build on modern systems
From: Jörg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 01:08:01 +0100

pkgtools/mtree hasn't been updated in a long time and has failures like this:

It should just be removed and maybe a portable version be created asnormal tool. The only reason why pkgtools/mtree exists at this point isthe historic use by pkg_install and that's ancient history.


Joerg

References:
- pkg/59049: pkgtools/mtree is way out of date and fails to build on modern systems
  - From: campbell+netbsd

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