FreeBSD support

[Weegley]

Are there any plans to support FreeBSD?

[userdocs]

To support FreeBSD the script would need to be able to do these two things.

1: Build natively on a FreeBSD host.
2: Crossbuild on that host.

2 is achieved via musl cross make on Alpine for musl and crossbuild essentials packages on debain based for glibc.

1 could probably be as simple as adding FreeBSD this info https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/Compilation-FreeBSD-(no-GUI)

2: i have no way to test nor any real interest in exploring it. I don't use this OS. If someone else wants to do the thinking for me to figure it out we can go from there.

[Weegley]

https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/Compilation-FreeBSD-(no-GUI) is outdated, unfortunately.

I can help with building on FreeBSD. But need help/guidance i could not find . Have it running on mini-pc and one in VMWare for testing. But the problem for me is that i'm not so good in compiling. BUT I can follow instructions and test first on Virtual machine and then on real.
Tried that before, but can't understand how to either build all deps static, or include installed version or whatever.

It builds from ports without problems, but:
Clean install of freebsd uses abt 3GB.
Then prequisites for nox require another 3-4GB. And static build could require less than 100MB. If using ports collection and building from source - even more space to waste.
So that would be really nice if i could build it in virtual machine and keep real installation as clean as possible. FreeBSD is really good in the question of simplicity, space and resources.
As example:
Freebsd:

# ps -ax | wc -l
      35

Ubuntu Server minimal:

# ps -ax | wc -l
117