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- mbuffer Tool for buffering data streams
- 20260511 misc
=7 20260221Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: loader@FreeBSD.org
 - Port Added: 2006-12-20 07:27:31
- Last Update: 2026-05-18 15:44:26
- Commit Hash: bc4a8a0
- People watching this port, also watch:: rsync, libxml2, bash, mhash, openssl
- 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:
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- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
- no SUBR information found for this port
- Dependency lines:
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- 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 = 1779088457
SHA256 (mbuffer-20260511.tgz) = 13bab36f39408f7a08fb368913290ad0f117c934bab602094e18fcc123ec5783
SIZE (mbuffer-20260511.tgz) = 156683
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- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
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- gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
- autoconf>=2.73 : devel/autoconf
- automake>=1.18.1 : devel/automake
- Test dependencies:
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- gtar : archivers/gtar
- Runtime dependencies:
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- mhash>=0.9.9.9_5 : security/mhash
- This port is required by:
- for Build
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- sysutils/znapzend
- for Run
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- net/td-system-tools
- sysutils/py-pyznap
- sysutils/sanoid
- sysutils/sanoid-devel
- sysutils/znapzend
- sysutils/zogftw
Configuration Options:
- ===> The following configuration options are available for mbuffer-20260511:
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:
- autoreconf gmake localbase ssl tar:tgz
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- Master Sites:
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