Port details |
- linux-foldingathome Folding@home Client
- 7.6.21 biology
=3 7.6.21Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: 0mp@FreeBSD.org
 - Port Added: 2006-08-28 22:34:01
- Last Update: 2021-10-25 12:58:29
- Commit Hash: 61b6613
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- Also Listed In: linux
- License: FAHSL
- Description:
- Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout
the world download and run software to band together to make one of the
largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project
closer to our goals.
Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed
computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than
previously achieved.
Protein folding is linked to disease, such as Alzheimer's, ALS,
Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Moreover, when
proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious
consequences, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's,
Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many
cancers and cancer-related syndromes.
WWW: https://foldingathome.org/
- SVNWeb : git : Homepage
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - Dependency lines:
-
- linux-foldingathome>0:biology/linux-foldingathome
- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/biology/linux-foldingathome/ && make install clean
- A package is not available for ports marked as:
- Forbidden / Broken / Ignore / Restricted
- PKGNAME: there is no package for this port: _LICENSE_RESTRICTED = delete-package delete-distfiles
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- ONLY_FOR_ARCHS: amd64
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1624640434
SHA256 (fahclient-7.6.21-1.x86_64.rpm) = a9f8b5073cd800cc63e32c623a8b4d7487c4e19a1e84760202e451b997d95073
SIZE (fahclient-7.6.21-1.x86_64.rpm) = 3779272
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- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Runtime dependencies:
-
- linux_base-c7>=7.6.1810_7 : emulators/linux_base-c7
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
- Configuration Options:
- ===> The following configuration options are available for linux-foldingathome-7.6.21:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
- Options name:
- biology_linux-foldingathome
- USES:
- dos2unix linux
- pkg-message:
- For install:
- Quick start
===========
Here is a list of steps to quickly get started with Folding@home on FreeBSD:
1. Mount linprocfs(5) in /compat/linux/proc.
2. Mount linsysfs(5) in /compat/linux/sys.
3. Enable the fahclient service:
sysrc fahclient_enable=YES
4. Consider setting Folding@home donor name and team ID:
sysrc fahclient_donor=my_fah_username
sysrc fahclient_team=0
Team 0 means "no team", by default fahclient joins team FreeBSD
(11743).
5. Start the service:
service fahclient start
At this point, the daemon should be up and folding.
Additional notes
================
- The current status of folding can be inspected by running
the following command:
service fahclient log
- The default working directory for fahclient is /var/db/fahclient.
In order to function properly, fahclient requires its working directory
to be on a partition/dataset with execute permissions on. For example
if /var/db is on a ZFS dataset with exec=off, then /var/db/fahclient
needs to have exec=on.
Note, that usually the permissions are on unless the system
configuration was modified by the administrator.
- By default the FreeBSD team (team id 11743) is joined.
This can be overridden by changing the configuration in rc.conf:
sysrc fahclient_team=0
The service has to be restarted to pick up the change.
Statistics for the FreeBSD team can be viewed here:
https://stats.foldingathome.org/team/11743
- Team and donor configuration values in /usr/local/etc/fahclient/config.xml take
precedence over those configured in rc.conf using sysrc.
- It's possible to specify additional flags in rc.conf. Those take
precedence over what is configured in the config file, e.g., setting
the maximum number of cpus to be used:
sysrc fahclient_flags+=" --cpus=7"
Flags that are set this way will be overridden by settings in
/usr/local/etc/fahclient/config.xml. You can set fahclient_extra_flags
to override settings in /usr/local/etc/fahclient/config.xml:
sysrc fahclient_extra_flags+=" --cpus=7"
- You can check the actual configuration values applied with:
service fahclient showconfig
- More information about configuring and running the Folding@home
software is available on those websites:
- https://foldingforum.org/
- https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/
- Master Sites:
|
Commit History - (may be incomplete: see SVNWeb link above for full details) |
Date | By | Description |
25 Oct 2021 12:58:29 7.6.21
|
Alexey Dokuchaev (danfe)  |
Style: improve ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON (grammar, markup, etc.)
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON is used as part of the sentence and thus should
start with lower-case letter and not end with a period which is added
by the framework, similar to other knobs like BROKEN, IGNORE, et al.
While here, remove needless quoting, add missing Oxford comma, expand
contractions and jargonisms, use correct spelling for proper names. |
25 Jun 2021 17:13:19 7.6.21
|
Mateusz Piotrowski (0mp)  |
biology/linux-foldingathome: Update to 7.6.21
Unfortunately, this version of FAHClient is not able to daemonize
successfully anymore. Even though the --daemon flag is passed, FAHClient
does not detach from the controlling terminal. In addition to that it
does not go into background. The --log seems to be broken as well as
since all the logs are printed to the terminal instead of the log file.
In order to alleviate those problems, use daemon(8).
PR: 250463
Changes: https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=36307 |
06 May 2021 11:47:41 7.6.13
|
Mathieu Arnold (mat)  |
Deorbit RESTRICTED && NO_CDROM, part one.
For ports that already use the licenses framwork, merge the content of
RESTRICTED/NO_CDROM/LEGAL* entries into LICENSEs.
Approved by: rene
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D30010 |
06 Apr 2021 14:31:13 7.6.13
|
Mathieu Arnold (mat)  |
all: Remove all other $FreeBSD keywords. |
06 Apr 2021 14:31:07 7.6.13
|
Mathieu Arnold (mat)  |
Remove # $FreeBSD$ from Makefiles. |
09 May 2020 13:21:29
7.6.13
|
0mp  |
Update to 7.6.13
Release announcement:
https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=34466 |
19 Apr 2020 10:09:56
7.6.9
|
0mp  |
Update to 7.6.9
Release announcement:
https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=34466 |
18 Apr 2020 11:55:37
7.6.8
|
0mp  |
Update to 7.6.8 |
14 Apr 2020 16:54:34
7.5.1.1_3
|
grembo  |
Correct typo in pkg-message.
Accidentally documented fahclient_donor as fahclient_user, which has
a different meaning.
PR: 245506 |
14 Apr 2020 16:03:24
7.5.1.1_3
|
grembo  |
Improve startup script, join "Team FreeBSD" by default
PR: 245506
Approved by: 0mp (maintainer) |
30 Mar 2020 13:51:31
7.5.1.1_2
|
0mp  |
Update WWW |
23 Mar 2020 15:30:05
7.5.1.1_1
|
0mp  |
Load appropriate Linuxulator bits automatically when starting service |
22 Mar 2020 16:55:37
7.5.1.1
|
0mp  |
Improve pkg-message
- Fix some whitespace issues
- Suggest the user to configure their user name and team ID. [1]
- Link to a website where statistics are updated more often.
Suggested by: netchild [1] |
21 Mar 2020 23:03:05
7.5.1.1
|
0mp  |
Resurrect biology/linux-foldingathome
Special thanks to netchild for inspiring bringing back this piece software
to ports!
Reviewed by: netchild, pi, salvadore
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24127 |
16 Oct 2019 15:29:32
5.04
|
rene  |
Remove expired ports:
2019-10-16 archivers/freetar: Unfetchable, unmaintained
2019-10-16 archivers/hffzip: Unfetchable, unmaintained
2019-10-16 archivers/hpack.non-usa.only: Unfetchable, unmaintained
2019-10-16 archivers/untar: Unfetchable, unmaintained
2019-10-16 astro/gpsdrive: Unfetchable, unmaintained
2019-10-16 astro/planets: Unfetchable, unmaintained
2019-10-16 audio/ascd: Unfetchable, unmaintained
2019-10-16 audio/audiotag: Unfetchable, unmaintained
2019-10-16 audio/gmidimonitor: Unfetchable, unmaintained
2019-10-16 audio/gmpc-lyricwiki: Unfetchable, unmaintained
2019-10-16 audio/jack_mixer: Unfetchable, unmaintained
2019-10-16 audio/jmusic: Unfetchable, unmaintained
2019-10-16 audio/maplay: Unfetchable, unmaintained (Only the first 15 lines of the commit message are shown above ) |
15 Sep 2019 17:28:09
5.04
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antoine  |
Deprecate a few ports |
04 Aug 2019 08:31:22
5.04
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antoine  |
Mark BROKEN: unfetchable |
27 Jul 2018 02:19:43
5.04
|
eadler  |
biology/linux-foldingathome: reset maintainer by request
Jonatan lacks the time to maintain the port. Thank you for your help so
far, and you're welcome back any time.
Approved by: onatan@gmail.com (maintainer) |
05 Sep 2016 19:23:42
5.04
|
tijl  |
- Replace Mk/bsd.linux-apps.mk and Mk/bsd.linux-rpm.mk with
Mk/Uses/linux.mk.
- Replace USE_LINUX=yes with USES+=linux and USE_LINUX=(.*) with
USES+=linux:\1 in all ports.
- Replace USE_LINUX_APPS with USE_LINUX in all ports.
- Use INSTALL_SCRIPT instead of INSTALL_PROGRAM to install scripts in some
ports.
- When USE_LINUX_RPM is defined, simplify the way DISTFILES and EXTRACT_ONLY
are defined.
- Remove BRANDELF_DIRS and BRANDELF_FILES handling. In the very rare cases
that it is still necessary ports can run ${BRANDELF} from post-patch.
- Remove AUTOMATIC_PLIST handling. Only one port used it.
- Fix Linux MASTER_SITES.
- Replace OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT and OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS with
default versions framework. (Only the first 15 lines of the commit message are shown above ) |
20 Dec 2014 17:27:09
5.04
|
bapt  |
Cleanup plist |
06 Jul 2014 16:05:34
5.04
|
vanilla  |
Stagify.
Approved by: portmgr@ (blanket) |
20 Sep 2013 15:55:44
5.04
|
bapt  |
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
biology) |
19 Mar 2011 12:38:54
5.04
|
miwi  |
- Get Rid MD5 support |
29 Nov 2010 08:17:34
5.04
|
danfe  |
Improve port description.
Approved by: maintainer timeout since December 2009 |
04 Oct 2007 07:28:40
5.04
|
pav  |
- Fix typo in WWW |
23 Sep 2007 05:45:41
5.04
|
edwin  |
biology/linux-foldingathome needs to run as root?
(also: update to 5.0.4)
Upon installing FoldingAtHome I ran the software from a
user account only to find that I was stuck in a loop of
trying to enter configuration options. Shortly thereafter
I realized that it was trying to write to
/usr/local/share/foldingathome, and therefore requires being
run as root to write there unless one changes permissions
there. Seing as this isn't installed with a startup script
for daemonization, and running as root seems a little
excessive for this application, should this be adapted to
run from a user account or set up to be able to start at
boot?
And from maintainer:
This diff updates the port to version 5.04, and adds
support to running as normal user using ~/.fah
directory.
PR: ports/113335
Submitted by: James Snyder <jbsnyder@fanplastic.org>
Approved by: maintainer |
28 Aug 2006 22:33:45
5.02
|
pav  |
Folding@Home is a distributed computing project -- people from through out the
world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest
supercomputers in the world. Every computer makes the project closer to our
goals.
Folding@Home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing,
to simulate problems thousands to millions of times more challenging than
previously achieved.
WWW: http://folding.standford.edu
PR: ports/101235
Submitted by: Yonatan <onatan@gmail.com> |