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Port details

comms/syncterm 1.9

ANSI-BBS terminal which supports telnet, rlogin, and SSH

Port info

Maintainer
shurd@freebsd.org
Packages
latest: 1.9
Upstream
up to date
Last update
to 1.9 · 5d13fb6a6a
Quarterly
2026Q4: 1.9
WWW
https://syncterm.bbsdev.net/
Links
cgit · VuXML

Install

Package
# pkg install syncterm
installs 1.9 from latest; from quarterly (2026Q4) 1.9
Port
# cd /usr/ports/comms/syncterm && make install clean
# make -C /usr/ports/comms/syncterm config  # change options first
Size
2.1 MiB download · 5.3 MiB installed
Depends on
nothing
License
GPLv2
Options
3 of 6 on in the package: JXL WAYLAND X11
Show the 3 options that are off
PORTAUDIO PULSEAUDIO SDL

Packages by version and architecture

latest

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 161.91.9–
FreeBSD 151.91.9–
FreeBSD 141.91.91.9

quarterly (2026Q4)

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 151.91.9–
FreeBSD 141.91.91.9

version as in the ports tree (latest) or the most common one (quarterly) · different version · ✗ not built · – no packages for this platform. Package sets that have not been rebuilt for 60 days are left out.

Unaddressed and VuXML only (0)

No unaddressed CVE and nothing reported by pkg audit for the packaged version 1.9.

Fixed (0)

No VuXML entries for this package.

Problem reports (0) · open in Bugzilla, most recently changed first

None.

Commits (52)

Stephen Hurd (shurd) · 1.9
comms/syncterm: Update to v1.8

Changelog:
https://sf.net/projects/syncterm/files/syncterm/syncterm-1.9/
5d13fb6a6a
Jan Beich (jbeich) · 1.8_1
graphics/libjxl: update to 0.12

Changes:	https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/releases/tag/v0.12.0
Reported by:	GitHub (watch releases)
fc57321249
Stephen Hurd (shurd) · 1.8
comms/syncterm: Update to v1.8

This switches to the cleaner CMake build.
Changelog:
https://sf.net/projects/syncterm/files/syncterm/syncterm-1.8/
80a2e51ef7
Stephen Hurd (shurd) · 1.7
comms/syncterm: Update to v1.7

Changelog:
https://sf.net/projects/syncterm/files/syncterm/syncterm-1.7/
711c719d96
Stephen Hurd (shurd) · 1.6
comms/syncterm: Update to v1.6

New features since v1.4:
Add Atari ST VT52 modes
Support web-based dialing directories
Alt+Home now centres the window on the screen
Add setting to invert mouse wheel
Option to defer telnet negotiation
Use the SAA5050 font for Prestel mode
Add BBC Micro Mode 7 mode
263eda46dc
Stephen Hurd (shurd) · 1.4
comms/syncterm: Update to v1.4

Summary:
Add support for JPEG XL graphics in addition to PPM
Massively improve output performance
Lower audio output volume by 12dB
Add option to configure audio output
Add support for ALT+XXX and ALT+0XXXXX key entry
Re-order BBS list entry fields
Support Shell connections on Windows 10+
Windows builds now include a .com (console) and a .exe (GUI) binary
Fix X11 mode scaling and fullscreen with minimal X servers
Fix crashes in text modes due to rip code being called
Better socket disconnect detection in SSH and telnets sessions
Reimplement status bar code
Fix various Prestel mode bugs
Fix error handling with telnets

PR:		284141
Approved by:	jrm
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48571
513f684dcf
Robert Clausecker (fuz) · 1.3
comms/syncterm: Update to 1.3

Updates SyncTERM to 1.3 and fixes some portlint errors.

Submitter becomes maintainer.

PR:		282954
cc31024702
Christian Weisgerber (naddy) · 1.0_1
comms/syncterm: Move man pages to share/man

Approved by:	portmgr (blanket)
5fd71de883
Stefan Eßer (se) · 1.0
Remove WWW entries moved into port Makefiles

Commit b7f05445c00f has added WWW entries to port Makefiles based on
WWW: lines in pkg-descr files.

This commit removes the WWW: lines of moved-over URLs from these
pkg-descr files.

Approved by:		portmgr (tcberner)
fb16dfecae
Stefan Eßer (se) · 1.0
Add WWW entries to port Makefiles

It has been common practice to have one or more URLs at the end of the
ports' pkg-descr files, one per line and prefixed with "WWW:". These
URLs should point at a project website or other relevant resources.

Access to these URLs required processing of the pkg-descr files, and
they have often become stale over time. If more than one such URL was
present in a pkg-descr file, only the first one was tarnsfered into
the port INDEX, but for many ports only the last line did contain the
port specific URL to further information.

There have been several proposals to make a project URL available as
a macro in the ports' Makefiles, over time.

This commit implements such a proposal and moves one of the WWW: entries
of each pkg-descr file into the respective port's Makefile. A heuristic
attempts to identify the most relevant URL in case there is more than
one WWW: entry in some pkg-descr file. URLs that are not moved into the
Makefile are prefixed with "See also:" instead of "WWW:" in the pkg-descr
files in order to preserve them.

There are 1256 ports that had no WWW: entries in pkg-descr files. These
ports will not be touched in this commit.

The portlint port has been adjusted to expect a WWW entry in each port
Makefile, and to flag any remaining "WWW:" lines in pkg-descr files as
deprecated.

Approved by:		portmgr (tcberner)
b7f05445c0
Tobias C. Berner (tcberner) · 1.0
comms: remove 'Created by' lines

A big Thank You to the original contributors of these ports:

  *  'Big Bad Bob' Frazier <bobf@mrp3.com>
  *  <mr@freebsd.org>
  *  Alex Samorukov <samm@freebsd.org>
  *  Alexander Logvinov <ports@logvinov.com>
  *  Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Anders Nordby <anders@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
  *  Andrew Dolgov <fox@furry.spb.ru>
  *  Andrey Lykhin <lan31@inbox.ru>
  *  Anton Voronin <anton@urc.ac.ru>
  *  Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <allbery@ece.cmu.edu>
  *  Brian Dean <bsd@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
  *  Carl Makin <carl@stagecraft.cx>
  *  Darren <igla@batterybackups.net>
  *  David
  *  David O'Brien <obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu>
  *  David Thiel <lx@redundancy.redundancy.org>
  *  Denis Shaposhnikov <dsh@vlink.ru>
  *  Devon H. O'Dell <devon.odell@coyotepoint.com>
  *  Diane Bruce <db@db.net>
  *  Douglas K. Rand <rand@meridian-enviro.com>
  *  Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Felix Palmen <felix@palmen-it.de>
  *  Frank Steinborn <steinex@nognu.de>
  *  Ganael Laplanche <ganael.laplanche@martymac.org>
  *  George Reid <greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
  *  Hye-Shik Chang <perky@fallin.lv>
  *  Janos.Mohacsi@bsd.hu
  *  Jean-Baptiste Quenot <jb.quenot@caraldi.com>
  *  Jeffrey Baitis <jeff@baitis.net>
  *  Johan Strom <johan@stromnet.se>
  *  Johan Strom <johna@stromnet.se>
  *  Jui-Nan Lin <jnlin@freebsd.cs.nctu.edu.tw>
  *  Julian Stacey <jhs@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Kirill Bezzubets <kirill@solaris.ru>
  *  MITA Yoshio <mita@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Markus Brueffer <markus@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Martin Matuska <mm@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Martin Wilke <miwi@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Masafumi NAKANE <max@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Matt Dawson <matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk>
  *  Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Michael Reifenberger (mike@Reifenberger.com)
  *  Mike Heffner <mikeh@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Nick Sayer <nsayer@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Nicole Reid <root@cooltrainer.org>
  *  Olivier Cochard-Labbe <olivier@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Patrick Gardella <patrick@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Paul Traina <pst@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Rick Elrod <codeblock@eighthbit.net>
  *  Rodrigo Osorio <rodrigo@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Sebastian Yepes <esn@x123.info>
  *  Staffan Ulfberg <staffanu@multivac.fatburen.org>
  *  Stephen Hurd <shurd@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Steve Woodford <scw@netbsd.hut.fi>
  *  Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Sunry Chen <sunrychen@gmail.com>
  *  Søren Straarup <xride@x12.dk>
  *  Tony Shadwick <tshadwick@oss-solutions.com>
  *  Tsung-Han Yeh <snowfly@yuntech.edu.tw>
  *  Vladimir Grebenschikov
  *  Vladimir Kondratyev <wulf@FreeBSD.org>
  *  db
  *  dirkx@webweaving.org
  *  dom@happygiraffe.net
  *  elbarto@ArcadeBSD.org
  *  hm
  *  jmz
  *  joes@seaport.net
  *  lambert@lambertfam.org
  *  nox@FreeBSD.org
  *  obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu
  *  rkw
  *  shurd
  *  shurd@FreeBSD.org
  *  wlloyd@slap.net
  * //www.tomek.cedro.info)

With hat:	portmgr
258a98847e
Alexey Dokuchaev (danfe) · 1.0
Style: improve ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON (grammar, markup, etc.)

ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON is used as part of the sentence and thus should
start with lower-case letter and not end with a period which is added
by the framework, similar to other knobs like BROKEN, IGNORE, et al.

While here, remove needless quoting, add missing Oxford comma, expand
contractions and jargonisms, use correct spelling for proper names.
61b6613393
Piotr Kubaj (pkubaj) · 1.0
comms/syncterm: enable on powerpc
1438d23a69
Rene Ladan (rene) · 1.0
*/*: return shurd's ports to the pool ...

... after safekeeping his commit bit.

With hat:	portmgr-secretary
3f55f50337
Mathieu Arnold (mat) · 1.0
Remove # $FreeBSD$ from Makefiles.
305f148f48
Piotr Kubaj (pkubaj) · 1.0
comms/syncterm: enable on powerpc64le
4e40bf907b
Piotr Kubaj (pkubaj) · 1.0
comms/syncterm: enable on powerpc64

MFH:		2021Q1
3b935cc772
Ed Maste (emaste) · 1.0
comms/syncterm: add BUILD_DEPENDS as:devel/binutils

/usr/bin/as will soon be removed from the FreeBSD base system, for
FreeBSD 13.0.

Depend on as (not ${LOCALBASE}/bin/as) so that this will introduce no
change for existing 11.x and 12.x, which will continue to use the base
system GNU as 2.17.50.

PR:		205250
Approved by:	portmgr (blanket)
f4e9c92ad2
Tobias Kortkamp (tobik) · 1.0
c*: Add missing USES={gnome,php,sdl,xorg}
2bf9ca57b1
Niclas Zeising (zeising) · 1.0
Add USES=xorg USES=gl, ports categories c

Add USES=xorg, USES=gl and in a few cases USES=gnome to ports in categories
starting with 'c'.
c2e845d0c8
Antoine Brodin (antoine) · 1.0
Spell MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE correctly
6b46dd4d22
Stephen Hurd (shurd) · 1.0
Disable ccache since a submake explicitly discards the enivronment.

Reported by amdmi3@
8a9064ddb9
Stephen Hurd (shurd) · 1.0
Fix build - perl used during build.
6c59f3d10c
Stephen Hurd (shurd) · 1.0
Remove the DEBUG option.
39a07d8719
Stephen Hurd (shurd) · 1.0
Update to version 1.0

Clean up Makefile to use new options format
Remove incorrect INSTALLS_ICONS usage
527bcb7ec5
Tijl Coosemans (tijl) · 0.9.20140603_2
Replace USES=libtool:oldver with USES=libtool or USES=libtool:keepla in the 32 ports that still use it.  Bump PORTREVISION on their dependent ports except the ones that depend on these:

audio/libogg
audio/libvorbis
devel/pcre
ftp/curl
graphics/jpeg
graphics/libart_lgpl
graphics/tiff
textproc/expat2
textproc/libxslt

In these cases the same trick as in the recent gettext update is used.
The ports install a symlink with the old library version.  When enough
of their dependent ports have had regular updates the remaining ones can
get a PORTREVISION bump and the links can be removed.

Also remove the devel/pcre dependency from USE_GNOME=glib20.  It causes
over 2200 packages to depend on devel/pcre while less than 200 actually
link with it.  The glib20 package still depends on devel/pcre so this
should not make a difference for ports with USE_GNOME=glib20.  Also,
libdata/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc lists pcre as a private library so
USE_GNOME=glib20 should not propagate it.

PR:		195724
Exp-run by:	antoine
Approved by:	portmgr (antoine)
60945f0277
Gerald Pfeifer (gerald) · 0.9.20140603_1
Update the default version of GCC in the Ports Collection from GCC 4.7.4 to GCC 4.8.3.

Part II, Bump PORTREVISIONs.

PR:		192025
Tested by:	antoine (-exp runs)
Approved by:	portmgr (implicit)
15945f8122
Adam Weinberger (adamw) · 0.9.20140603
Convert a bunch of EXTRACT_SUFX=... into USES=tar:...

Approved by:	portmgr (not really, but touches unstaged ports)
a84c115a09
Alex Kozlov (ak) · 0.9.20140603
- Remove empty files and directories
3e3a8c925a
Stephen Hurd (shurd) · 0.9.20140603
Update my ports to use my shurd@FreeBSD.org account

Approved by:    db, skreuzer (mentors)
4e5b54a3ec
Martin Wilke (miwi) · 0.9.20140603
- Update to latest

PR:		190598
Submitted by:	maintainer
0a5871747f
Vanilla I. Shu (vanilla) · 0.9.20110320_1
Stageify.

Approved by:	portmgr@
c48287f495
Martin Wilke (miwi) · 0.9.20110320_1
- Convert USE_GMAKE/USE_BZIP2 to USES
a471bc15e4
Baptiste Daroussin (bapt) · 0.9.20110320_1
Reduce over inclusion of bsd.port.mk
67cf19a68f
Baptiste Daroussin (bapt) · 0.9.20110320_1
In preparation for making libtool generate libraries with a sane name, fix all LIB_DEPENDS in comms
22aa02fd75
Dmitry Marakasov (amdmi3) · 0.9.20110320_1
- Remove manual creation and removal of share/applications, as it's now in the mtree (categories starting with [bce])

Approved by:	portmgr (bdrewery)
a2105d9f79
Baptiste Daroussin (bapt) · 0.9.20110320_1
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat: comms)
2b300eeb3f
Jason Helfman (jgh) · 0.9.20110320_1
- adopt optionsNG - trim historical header

Approved by:	portmgr (miwi)
a71c41a2ef
Marcus von Appen (mva) · 0.9.20110320_1
- Update devel/sdl12 to 1.2.15 - Update audio/sdl_mixer to 1.2.15 - Update graphics/sdl_image to 1.2.12 - Update graphics/sdl_ttf to 2.0.11 - Update graphics/sdl_gfx to 2.0.23 - Update net/sdl_net to 1.2.8 - Bump PORTREVISIONs on ports that depend on one or more packages due to ABI and shared library version changes - Update Mk/bsd.sdl.mk accordingly for the new shared library versions

Tested by:	exp-run by pav
fbd0197639
Mark Linimon (linimon) · 0.9.20110320
Mark as ignore on sparc64 (and presumably all tier-2): #error "Need to describe target architecture"
c284abee23
Martin Wilke (miwi) · 0.9.20110320
- Update to 0.9.4

PR:		155734
Submitted by:	Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> (maintainer)
e0bbbe66bc
Martin Wilke (miwi) · 0.9.20080406
- Get Rid MD5 support
bb86cbe5d2
Dmitry Marakasov (amdmi3) · 0.9.20080406
- Switch SourceForge ports to the new File Release System: categories starting with B,C
c926af277e
Rong-En Fan (rafan) · 0.9.20080406
- Update to 0.9.20080406

PR:		ports/122517
Submitted by:	Stephen Hurd <shurd at sasktel.net> (maintainer)
4bd6346984
Martin Wilke (miwi) · 0.9.20070722_2
- Remove USE_XLIB/USE_X_PREFIX/USE_XPM in favor of USE_XORG - Bump PORTREVISION

Approved by:	portmgr (xorg cleanup)
c4c8f4be45
Martin Wilke (miwi) · 0.9.20070722_1
- Chase devel/sdl12 shlib version bump
2d73db3533
Marcelo Araujo (araujo) · 0.9.20070722
- Update to 20070722. - Add files/patch-GNUmakefile.

Reported by:	Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> (maintainer)
Approved by:	pav (portmgr, in mentor's absence), Stephen Hurd (maintainer)
e9857005c1
Marcelo Araujo (araujo) · 0.9.20070704_2
- Add ICONS and DESKTOP files forgotten in the last commit. - Add pkg-plist file.

Reported by:	Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> (maintainer)
Approved by:	stas (mentor)
a1a53f584e
Marcelo Araujo (araujo) · 0.9.20070704_1
- Update to 0.9.20070704.

PR:		ports/113072
Submitted by:	Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> (maintainer)
Approved by:	stas (mentor)
418670d762
Florent Thoumie (flz) · 0.8.20061020_1
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/. - Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}. - Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
d4f0d0048a