Re: The "rename" package does not install the rename(2) script?

Hi David,

It looks like the package is not your expected perl script that you are
looking for. The package is installing a binary named renamex
<https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/sysutils/rename/Makefile#n14>.

I was able to find the source <https://rename.sourceforge.net/> here. I
compiled on my system and it resulted in a renamex binary.

I was not able to find why it is this way.

I hope it helps!

On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 8:28 PM David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
wrote:

> freebsd-questions:
>
> I have a FreeBSD machine on my SOHO network:
>
> 2024-12-26 17:23:08 toor@f5 ~
> # freebsd-version -kru ; uname -a
> 13.4-RELEASE-p1
> 13.4-RELEASE-p1
> 13.4-RELEASE-p2
> FreeBSD f5.tracy.holgerdanske.com 13.4-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD
> 13.4-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC amd64
>
>
> I wanted to install the "rename" Perl script:
>
> 2024-12-26 17:26:09 toor@f5 ~
> # pkg search rename
> brename-2.14.0_7               Tool for batch renaming files/directories
> via regular expressions
> gprename-2.7_1,1               Perl script for renaming multiple files
> krename-5.0.2_4                Powerful batch file renamer for KDE
> linrename-2.25.2_1             Rename multiple files using substitution
> p5-Devel-Caller-IgnoreNamespaces-1.1 Make available a magic caller which
> can ignore namespaces
> p5-File-Rename-2.01            Rename multiple files
> rename-1.99.2_1                Rename multiple files using regular
> expressions
> renameutils-0.12.0_3           Rename files faster and more easily
>
>
> I installed the "rename" package (via a utility shell script):
>
> 2024-12-26 17:16:56 toor@f5 /var/local/image/f5
> # install-packages -y
> + hostname -f
> + host=f5.tracy.holgerdanske.com
> + perl -e 'exit($ENV{OSTYPE} =~ /freebsd/ ? 0 : 1)'
> + cmd=pkg
> + cat /root/f5.tracy.holgerdanske.com/packages
> + xargs pkg install -y
> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
> FreeBSD repository is up to date.
> All repositories are up to date.
> The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
>
> New packages to be INSTALLED:
>         rename: 1.99.2_1
>
> Number of packages to be installed: 1
>
> 23 KiB to be downloaded.
> [1/1] Fetching rename-1.99.2_1.pkg: 100%   23 KiB  23.6kB/s    00:01
> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
> [1/1] Installing rename-1.99.2_1...
> [1/1] Extracting rename-1.99.2_1: 100%
> =====
> Message from rename-1.99.2_1:
>
> --
> ===>   NOTICE:
>
> The rename port currently does not have a maintainer. As a result, it is
> more likely to have unresolved issues, not be up-to-date, or even be
> removed in
> the future. To volunteer to maintain this port, please create an issue at:
>
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla
>
> More information about port maintainership is available at:
>
> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/contributing/#ports-contributing
>
> 2024-12-26 17:17:56 toor@f5 /var/local/image/f5
> #
>
>
> My shell is unable to find the rename(2) binary:
>
> 2024-12-26 17:23:05 toor@f5 ~
> # rename
> -bash: rename: command not found
>
> 2024-12-26 17:23:06 toor@f5 ~
> # which rename
>
> 2024-12-26 17:23:20 toor@f5 ~
> # echo $PATH
> /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin
>
> 2024-12-26 17:24:24 toor@f5 ~
> # find -x / -name rename
> /usr/tests/sys/pjdfstest/rename
>
>
> Comments or suggestions?
>
> David
>
>
>

-- 
Chaleureusement,
Pier-Luc