Deprecated: Abandoned upstream, does not build with CMake 4

Expires: 2026-11-30

sysutils/frand 0.1_16 FreeBSD

Selects a random file using reservoir sampling algorithm

System: FreeBSD
Repository: FreeBSD ports
Maintainer: [email protected]
Last update: 2026-09-29
Commit: 97a84ef467
License: BSD2CLAUSE
Categories: sysutils
Package size: 12.3 KiB, 24.8 KiB installed

Description

Selects a random file from given directory using reservoir sampling algorithm. This means directory contents doesn't need to be read in memory and then sorted and so will perform much better than find+sort for big directories.

In the other systems

System

Port

Version

FreeBSD

sysutils/frand

0.1_16

DragonFly

sysutils/frand

0.1_11

HardenedBSD

sysutils/frand

0.1_16

GhostBSD

sysutils/frand

0.1_15

Install

Binary package:

pkg install frand

From the ports tree:

cd /usr/ports/sysutils/frand/ && make install clean

To depend on this port in another port's Makefile:

RUN_DEPENDS=	frand>0:sysutils/frand

Packages

The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.

Repository

aarch64

amd64

armv6

armv7

i386

FreeBSD:14:latest

0.1_16

0.1_4

0.1_12

0.1_16

FreeBSD:14:quarterly

0.1_16

n/a

0.1_12

0.1_16

FreeBSD:15:latest

0.1_16

n/a

0.1_12

FreeBSD:15:quarterly

0.1_16

n/a

FreeBSD:16:latest

0.1_16

n/a

FreeBSD:16:quarterly

n/a

Dependencies

As this port's Makefile names them.

Library 1

libboost_filesystem.so : devel/boost-libs

The full lists below include those, and their dependencies in turn.

Build dependencies 19

Run dependencies 4

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

No options to configure.

USES: cmake compiler:c++11-lang
Service scripts: none

Message after installing

===>   NOTICE:

This port is deprecated; you may wish to reconsider installing it:

Abandoned upstream, does not build with CMake 4.

It is scheduled to be removed on or after 2026-11-30.

Files

pkg-plist 1

bin/frand

distinfo 2

File

Size

SHA256

serpent7776-frand-v0.1_GH0.tar.gz

2225

62a114ad80443b8e3fffa56ca3182e4e7294d1a3ba4b92cdb4e1cbe625794389

LiorKogan-StreamSampler-919a0f1ba6bb3ae63b4708722e9a7d49164ca92d_GH0.tar.gz

36890

654ac0c0c0f161ef40c4d3fd4632d71cdf59c9cbe1108b47ba44b7f9f10f1d73

Commit history 3

Date Commit Credits Log message

2026-09-29 97a84ef467 Dima Panov */*: update boost consumers after boost-1.92

2026-09-07

ad901054d9

Gleb Popov

sysutils/frand: Mark deprecated

PR: 298166 Approved by: [email protected] (maintainer)

2026-08-10 213840c151 Dima Panov */*: bump consumers after devel/boost update