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Hi,

I am working on a port of the joplin-server backend. I am learning the
ports system as I go and I have going much support from the various
people as well just reading the other ports, the Mk files, and the
porter's handbook. Right now I am trying to figure out how to make an
offline cache for packing that are trying to be installed when I do the
actual build of the app. I've read around about making a offline cache
and found what the cache looks like but have yet been able to make the
cache tarball. Could someone point me in the right direction as to how
to make this file?
Also I seems like there is a lot of node_module bloat when the build is
done. I don't think I need all the files in the final pkg file. My
question is how do I whittle this down to a reason amount.

Thanks for any help
Len


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Hi Len,

Am 26.09.26 um 00:31 schrieb Leonard Rucker:

I am working on a port of the joplin-server backend. I am learning the
ports system as I go and I have going much support from the various
people as well just reading the other ports, the Mk files, and the
porter's handbook. Right now I am trying to figure out how to make an
offline cache for packing that are trying to be installed when I do the actual build of the app. I've read around about making a offline cache
and found what the cache looks like but have yet been able to make the
cache tarball. Could someone point me in the right direction as to how
to make this file?
Also I seems like there is a lot of node_module bloat when the build is
done. I don't think I need all the files in the final pkg file. My
question is how do I whittle this down to a reason amount.

if you tell use for what you want to make a cache it would be easier to
help you.
The directory node_modules does not give a clue about the node package
manager you use.

I have several example available that I use.
yarn: net/gotify-server
npm: www/SpectrumKNX
pnpm: www/fmd-server (not verified)

I also saw that a npm USE flag was added, maybe that helps too.

Matthias



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On Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:24:40 +0200
Matthias Fechner <idefix@fechner.net> wrote:

Hi Len,

Am 26.09.26 um 00:31 schrieb Leonard Rucker:

I am working on a port of the joplin-server backend. I am learning
the ports system as I go and I have going much support from the
various people as well just reading the other ports, the Mk files,
and the porter's handbook. Right now I am trying to figure out how
to make an offline cache for packing that are trying to be
installed when I do the actual build of the app. I've read around
about making a offline cache and found what the cache looks like
but have yet been able to make the cache tarball. Could someone
point me in the right direction as to how to make this file?
Also I seems like there is a lot of node_module bloat when the
build is done. I don't think I need all the files in the final pkg
file. My question is how do I whittle this down to a reason amount.

if you tell use for what you want to make a cache it would be easier
to help you.
The directory node_modules does not give a clue about the node
package manager you use.

I have several example available that I use.
yarn: net/gotify-server
npm: www/SpectrumKNX
pnpm: www/fmd-server (not verified)

I also saw that a npm USE flag was added, maybe that helps too.

Matthias

Mi Matthias,

Thanks so much net/gotify's Makefile had a build target for
building an offline cache and that worked very well. Now I am on to my
next build problem.

Len


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