nvi not available despite being on the repository

On macOS (Big Sur Intel/x86) nvi isn't listed when I search for it using pkgin search nvi, but it's present on the pkgsrc repository: https://github.com/joyent/pkgsrc/tree/trunk/editors/nvi

[jperkin]

Yeh, unfortunately just because a package is in pkgsrc doesn't mean it's going to be available as a binary package, there are usually at least a thousand broken packages on most platforms depending on build issues in the third-party software.

The bulk build reports are posted to https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-bulk/ where the latest build for that package set is https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-bulk/2021/08/29/msg021294.html and from there you can find the exact failure log for nvi here https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/pkgsrc/public/reports/Darwin/11.0/trunk/x86_64/20210827.1043/nvi-1.81.6nb13/build.log

Most build issues are not very complicated, and are a great way to get into pkgsrc and/or software development. In this case it's likely that simply adding .include "../../converters/libiconv/buildlink3.mk to the nvi pkgsrc Makefile will fix the problem (ensuring that iconv is available in the build environment, linking correctly against libiconv, and avoiding the undefined symbols error).

If I make a patch, or if I want to submit a new package, should I send it here, to NetBSD's pkgsrc-wip, or both?

[jperkin]

For new packages you should get a wip account (http://pkgsrc.org/wip/) and push your submissions there so we can easily test and import. For patches either here or https://github.com/netbsd/pkgsrc. Thanks!

[lispstudent]

Just as reference for other people looking, same issue for gitea: present in www/gitea, but currently not as binary:

# pkgin -v
pkgin 21.7.0 (using SQLite 3.36.0)

# pkgin install www/gitea
www/gitea is not available in the repository
calculating dependencies...done.
nothing to do.

[jperkin]

Which repository is this for? Note that pkgin does not accept pkgsrc paths as install arguments, you specify the package name, so the command would be pkgin install gitea, not pkgin install www/gitea.

[lispstudent]

It is inside an OmniOS pkgsrc zone, omnios-r151038:

# uname -a
SunOS git 5.11 omnios-r151038-b3a82a213e i86pc i386 i86pc

# pkgin update
processing remote summary (https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/packages/SmartOS/trunk/x86_64/All)...
database for https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/packages/SmartOS/trunk/x86_64/All is up-to-date

# pkgin install gitea
gitea is not available in the repository
calculating dependencies...done.
nothing to do.

[jperkin]

Ok, looks like the ugprade to go 1.17 broke this, I'll try to fix it this week.

[lispstudent]

Ok, looks like the ugprade to go 1.17 broke this, I'll try to fix it this week.

I can confirm it is fixed and well working on my side. I had already tested it last week, but forgot to mention it here. Thanks!

[jperkin]

nvi has been available for a while and is also now in our required packages list.