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Port details
net/c3270 4.5
curses-based remote login to IBM mainframes without x3270
Port info
- Maintainer
- kbowling@FreeBSD.org
- Packages
- latest: 4.5
- Upstream
- up to date
- Last update
- to 4.5 · e853a7bab7
- Quarterly
- 2026Q4: 4.5
- WWW
- https://x3270.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
- Links
- cgit · VuXML · Report wrong data
Install
- Package
# pkg install c3270installs 4.5 fromlatest; fromquarterly(2026Q4) 4.5- Port
# cd /usr/ports/net/c3270 && make install clean# make -C /usr/ports/net/c3270 config # change options first
- Size
- 854 KiB download · 5.1 MiB installed
- Depends on
- devel/readline 8.3.6, lang/tcl86 8.6.18_1, textproc/expat2 2.9.0
- License
- BSD3CLAUSE
- Options
- 2 of 3 on in the package: DOCS EXAMPLES
Show the 1 options that are off
DBCS - pkg-message
Shown after installing
If using x3270, You may wish to add "/usr/local/share/fonts/x3270/" to your X11 FontPath. See "Using Fonts in Xorg" in the FreeBSD handbook. 'x3270a' will automatically scale the interface for high DPI displays.
Packages by version and architecture
latest
| FreeBSD version | amd64 | aarch64 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 16 | 4.5 | 4.5 | – |
| FreeBSD 15 | 4.5 | 4.5 | – |
| FreeBSD 14 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
quarterly (2026Q4)
| FreeBSD version | amd64 | aarch64 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 15 | 4.5 | 4.5 | – |
| FreeBSD 14 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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 4.5.Fixed (0)
No VuXML entries for this package.
Problem reports (0) · open in Bugzilla, most recently changed first
None.
Commits (54)
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try again later (in reply to RCPT TO command)bd4c774786New port: net/c3270 - to replace net/tn3270 - Full-screen curses-based remote login to IBM mainframes
This port is the latest version of IBM 3270 terminal emulators
as an open source project that I can find. The net/tn3270 port
is dead-dead-dead and will take too much effort to fix on
5.x-6.x-Current. This new port is part of a group and has been
separated such that the user can pick & choose what he wants.
This particular port is for full-screen text-mode aka console
sessions with support for curses, OpenSSL, scripting, and
SNA-printer emulation with IBM mainframes.
I am unable to test most of the extra functionality. Also I
am continuing to investigate some text-mode anomalies that may
be highly dependent on the graphics/video card in use. But we
do need a working replacement for net/tn3270, and this is 'it'.
Before accepting this new port:
Firstly, I need someone with legal eyes to look over this
project's licensing details at http://x3270.bgp.nu/license.html
, please. (I posted this request on -ports@ a few weeks ago
to no avail.)
If agreeable, the next thing to do is ditch the port net/tn3270
entirely. I'm not sure how to do that myself (and not being
able to do CVS thru our political firewall here at work).
Thirdly, if agreeable, simply add this new port net/c3270 to
the collection, please. Yes it comprises only three little
files. ;)
Fourthly, people with access to mainframes: Test Test Test Please! :)
I don't agree with ditching x3270 though.
PR: ports/72367
Submitted by: "Paul Seniura" <pdseniura@techie.com>9a71d72b31