This is intended to be a collection of utilities to replace parts of pkgsrc's mk infrastructure.
Many targets under mk/ are implemented using a combination of shell and
awk, and can suffer from a lack of performance, especially when input sizes
grow.
For example, with the profligation of Go modules used in newer Go software,
www/grafana now has over 5,000 distfiles. This exposes various issues in
the current pkgsrc distinfo.awk script that are hard to work around. This
tool implements a distinfo command that replaces distinfo.awk, with the
following performance improvement:
| Implementation | Time to run bmake distinfo |
|---|---|
| distinfo.awk | 3 minutes, 30 seconds |
| mktool distinfo | 2 seconds |
As pkgsrc strives to be as portable as possible, at no point will any of the
commands implemented by mktool become mandatory. This tool simply exists
for those who are able to run Rust software to dramatically improve pkgsrc
performance.
Install using cargo:
cargo install mktoolAt some point in the future it will hopefully be possible to enable mktool
by simply setting:
TOOLS_PLATFORM.mktool= /path/to/mktoolin your mk.conf, and any supported commands will be automatically enabled.
These are the commands currently implemented.
A replacement for pkgsrc/mk/checksum/checksum.awk
A replacement for pkgsrc/mk/checksum/distinfo.awk
Performance comparison:
| Implementation | Time to run bmake distinfo |
|---|---|
| distinfo.awk | 3 minutes, 30 seconds |
| mktool distinfo | 2 seconds |