Support for OpenBSD

[vtamara]

Description

Source code of Brave does not compile on OpenBSD / adJ

Steps to Reproduce

1. Try to download binaries for OpenBSD

Actual result:

You will not find.

Expected result:

That you will find or instructions on how to build on OpenBSD.

Reproduces how often:

Always.

Brave version (brave://version info)

Any

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current release?
• Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel?
• Can you reproduce this issue with the dev channel?
• Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel?

Other Additional Information:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields?
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards?
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome?

Miscellaneous Information:

[aarontyree]

If Brave took the time to offer an OpenBSD build, they would own the OpenBSD browser space overnight.

[tomvetere]

Attempted a build by cloning the repo and following the process described in README.

Looks like it works up until this command:

gclient sync --nohooks --revision src/brave@master --revision src@refs/tags/98.0.4758.87 --force --reset --with_tags --with_branch_heads --upstream

The error message is "CIPD not supported on openbsd".

Its most likely an issue with lack of BSD support from gclient itself (Google's product, not Brave's): https://www.mail-archive.com/v8-users@googlegroups.com/msg12919.html. This is an email chain for FreeBSD but this issue is probably present on all BSDs.

[mihaiplesa]

For reference https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-dev/c/b57hDs8yE4g/m/5tXefZ74AQAJ?pli=1