I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' nvi2 to 2.2.2 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/32625

GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed OK!

It's up to someone else to merge it.

This rabbit hole brought to you by: https://lpar.ath0.com/posts/2026/05/the-vi-family/ (which I think I encountered via lobste.rs ?) and has me thinking: maybe I should create a MacPorts' Portfile for OpenVi (https://github.com/johnsonjh/OpenVi) but apparently: OpenVi lacks UTF-8 support. ;( nvi2 doesn't fail in such regards, and there was already a MacPort (just with no maintainer and so many months out of date) and interestingly: it looks as if at least one OpenBSD developer (namely: Todd C. Miller) may have contributed code to nvi2? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The genealogy of vi and its various off shoots is vast. I lament that I only created a MacPort for em (editor for mortals, a predecessor to vi) too late for its original author to know of its existence. ;(

#nvi2 #MacPorts #vi #editors #OpenSource

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' LibreSSL to 4.3.1 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/32313

GitHub Continuous Integration checks are queued. Hopefully they will complete without issues?

Regardless, it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it!

I should do something similar with libressl-devel next.

#LibreSSL #MacPorts #TLS #TransportLayerSecurity #SSL #SecureSocketsLayer #Encryption #OpenSource

I've submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' rpki-client to 9.8 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/32251

GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed OK!

It's up to someone else to merge it.

I couldn't help but notice the most recent OpenBGPD release announcement mentioned something about a -portable branch? Admittedly, it has been a very long time since I looked at building OpenBGPD on macOS, but maybe it is worth looking at again? I still think it is probably ill advised to use macOS for something as critical as routing insomuch as it sleeps, with abandon, unless /usr/bin/caffeinate is invoked.

#RPKI #MacPorts #rpkiーclient #RPKIclient #OpenSource #BGP #Routing

Azure lacks broader infra support. 8 years on CLI still has considerable gaps. https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues/7361 #MacPorts #Azure #Microsoft #CloudComputing

Hannes has released qDMR v0.14.1 with some bug fixes and a satellite transponder editor. qDMR is a codeplug editor and radio programmer for #Linux and #MacOS supporting a number of popular radios and openGD77. It's now available in #MacPorts #ham
https://github.com/hmatuschek/qdmr/releases/tag/v0.14.1

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' nmap to 7.99 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/32137

GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed OK.

It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

Meanwhile, since the OpenSSH 10.3p1 PR was merged, this issue reared its head on OS X Snow Leopard:

https://trac.macports.org/ticket/73786#comment:1

I'm guessing, some of the sandbox stuff removed in a more recent MacPorts OpenSSH release may be why? I tried, unsuccessfully, to refactor that and even put out an appeal to the MacPorts' dev mailing list to no avail. ;-/

Also, that PAM related OpenSSH issue reported on OS X Leopard (PPC) does not appear to have been fixed by 10.3p1's PAM related changes as I had hoped: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/73757

Dang it!

It is not exactly as if I am at my wit's end. I do have at least a G4 PowerBook in storage, but I do not know when I will next get to my storage unit. Similarly, I may have a system capable of running Snow Leopard in storage (or at least, I think I did, long ago?)? I do not know when I will be able to retrieve them nor how helpful my own skills will be in remediating either of those issues though. ;-/

Maybe it is the sort of stuff that should be reported upstream? I dunno; it feels as if it is probably more of a MacPorts' thing than an upstream thing tbh; and while there are definitely some valiant MacPorts' maintainers who rawk older OS X versions on the regular by the looks of things? I am not among them.

#MacPorts #nmap #OpenSSH #PastTheirPrimeOSReleases