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Date:      Thu, 04 Apr 2024 10:07:51 -0700
From:      Chris <portmaster@bsdforge.com>
To:        Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>
Cc:        freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: poudriere(8) short circuits my ability to build packages
Message-ID:  <4fb5eddd1ec4b42ded9ff224006bf358@bsdforge.com>
In-Reply-To: <9391BCFF-61B6-4151-92E8-7D2984563DF6@grem.de>
References:  <78550638a3787fd0897093fdad463a00@bsdforge.com> <9391BCFF-61B6-4151-92E8-7D2984563DF6@grem.de>

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On 2024-04-04 03:43, Michael Gmelin wrote:
>> On 4. Apr 2024, at 09:31, Chris <portmaster@bsdforge.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I do all of my development in jails. As such I have no use for 
>> poudriere(8).
>> But an attempt to build editors/vscode threw the following:
>> 
>> The limit imposed by poudriere(8) for the maximum number of files allowed 
>> to be
>> opened by a jail (default 1024) is exceeded during the build of vscode.
>> To successfully build vscode with poudriere(8), you must add the following
>> line to poudriere.conf:
>> MAX_FILES_vscode=8192
>> 
> 
> This message is coming from here and is shown unconditionally:
> 
> https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/editors/vscode/Makefile#n184
> 
> It is not an error message, it tells you what to configure when building 
> that port
> with poudriere. If you dislike it, please suggest better wording to the port
> maintainer.
It *appears* (from the message) that poudriere would be building the package.
Not make(1) within the ports framework within my already created/running 
jail.
Maybe omit the "limit imposed by poudriere(8)" portion from the message?
Which, I guess is moot. Now that the limit appears to have been increased.

> 
>> What the... I just want to build a package. Why do I care about poudriere
>> limitations, or poudriere at all? How can I just build a package. Users
>> (or Maintainers) aren't forced to use poudriere, are they?
> 
> Even though poudriere is probably not your problem here, learning how to use
> poudriere effectively would be time well spent.
Indeed. As a maintainer, I do attempt to stay abreast of any changes regrding
poudriere. This error appeared to be a new change, which brought me to 
inquire
here. :)

Thanks for taking the time to help, Michael! :)

> 
> -m

-- 
--Chris Hutchinson



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