From d06ef6957867171acf013773b0991ee2445d735b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Daniels <mdaniels5757@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 20:41:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] vbetool: drop

This leaf package is unmaintained upstream and broken.

(cherry picked from commit 1356d96f74ce73db346a48053bfd79fb3f6f6c62)
---
 pkgs/by-name/vb/vbetool/package.nix | 39 -----------------------------
 pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix          |  1 +
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 39 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 pkgs/by-name/vb/vbetool/package.nix

diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vb/vbetool/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vb/vbetool/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cf71be3c852..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vb/vbetool/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  pciutils,
-  libx86,
-  zlib,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "vbetool";
-  version = "1.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/vbetool/download/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0m7rc9v8nz6w9x4x96maza139kin6lg4hscy6i13fna4672ds9jd";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    pciutils
-    libx86
-    zlib
-  ];
-
-  patchPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace Makefile.in --replace '$(libdir)/libpci.a' ""
-  '';
-
-  configureFlags = [ "LDFLAGS=-lpci" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Video BIOS execution tool";
-    homepage = "https://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/vbetool/";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
-    mainProgram = "vbetool";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 6c8f4710f594..c41283d4ef92 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1955,6 +1955,7 @@ mapAliases {
   varnish75Packages = throw "varnish 7.5 is EOL. Either use the LTS or upgrade."; # Added 2025-03-29
   varnish76 = throw "varnish 7.6 is EOL. Either use the LTS or upgrade."; # Added 2025-05-15
   varnish76Packages = throw "varnish 7.6 is EOL. Either use the LTS or upgrade."; # Added 2025-05-15
+  vbetool = throw "'vbetool' has been removed as it is broken and not maintained upstream."; # Added 2025-06-11
   vdirsyncerStable = vdirsyncer; # Added 2020-11-08, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/103026#issuecomment-723428168
   ventoy-bin = ventoy; # Added 2023-04-12
   ventoy-bin-full = ventoy-full; # Added 2023-04-12