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Port details on branch 2025Q3
mbuffer Tool for buffering data streams
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Maintainer: loader@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2006-12-20 07:27:31
Last Update: 2025-06-03 11:23:34
Commit Hash: 0f10ef2
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License: GPLv3+
WWW:
https://www.maier-komor.de/mbuffer.html
Description:
mbuffer is a tool for buffering data streams. It is also a replacement for buffer with additional functionality: - multi-target network output - on the fly hash calculation - display of I/O speed - optional use of memory mapped I/O for huge buffers - multithreaded instead of sharedmemory ipc - multi volume support - autoloader support - networking support - command-line options compatible to buffer
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Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/mbuffer-20250429/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/mbuffer-20250429/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/mbuffer-20250429/GPLv3+
  4. bin/mbuffer
  5. @sample etc/mbuffer.rc.sample
  6. share/man/man1/mbuffer.1.gz
  7. @owner
  8. @group
  9. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • mbuffer>0:misc/mbuffer
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/misc/mbuffer/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install misc/mbuffer
  • pkg install mbuffer
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: mbuffer
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1748498592 SHA256 (mbuffer-20250429.tgz) = a853ef720d5fc3ef47c1788f9657477b76d70ab0c9b8a7d96e995e31e3536bbf SIZE (mbuffer-20250429.tgz) = 152402

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
mbuffer
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest2025042920250429202009292025042920250429-20200505-
FreeBSD:13:quarterly202504292025042920220418202504292025042920230301_120230301_120230301_1
FreeBSD:14:latest202504292025042920220418202504292025042920220418-20220418
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2025042920250429-202504292025042920230301_120230301_120230301_1
FreeBSD:15:latest--n/a20250429n/a20230301_120230301_120240107
Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
  2. autoconf>=2.72 : devel/autoconf
  3. automake>=1.17 : devel/automake
Test dependencies:
  1. gtar : archivers/gtar
Runtime dependencies:
  1. mhash>=0.9.9.9_5 : security/mhash
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. sysutils/znapzend
for Run
  1. net/td-system-tools
  2. sysutils/py-pyznap
  3. sysutils/sanoid
  4. sysutils/sanoid-devel
  5. sysutils/znapzend
  6. sysutils/zogftw

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for mbuffer-20250429: GCRYPT=off: Use gcrypt for hash generation MHASH=on: Use mhash for hash generation RHASH=off: Use rhash for hash generation ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
misc_mbuffer
USES:
localbase ssl tar:tgz autoreconf gmake
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Master Sites:
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  1. http://www.maier-komor.de/software/mbuffer/
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There are no commits on branch 2025Q3 for this port