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Port details

news/cnews cr.g_21

News server

0
unaddressed
0
VuXML only
0
fixed
0
open problem reports

Port info

Maintainer
dinoex@FreeBSD.org
Packages
latest: cr.g_21
Upstream
up to date
Last update
to cr.g_21 · f135cb492f
Quarterly
2026Q4: cr.g_21
WWW
https://www.dinoex.net/c-news.html
Links
cgit · VuXML · Report wrong data

Install

Package
# pkg install cnews
installs cr.g_21 from latest; from quarterly (2026Q4) cr.g_21
Port
# cd /usr/ports/news/cnews && make install clean
# make -C /usr/ports/news/cnews config  # change options first
Size
296 KiB download · 1.2 MiB installed
Depends on
security/pgpgpg 0.13_5
License
BSD2CLAUSE
Options
2 of 5 on in the package: EXAMPLES PGPGPG
Show the 3 options that are off
GPGPV PGPIN SENDMAIL
pkg-message
Shown after installing
you MUST change the configuration of this news setup:
  cd to /var/lib/news and change the following files...
mailname, whoami, organization, mailpaths, sys, readnews.ctl, postdefltgroup
  to suit your local system and news topology.
check that you have vaild aliases in report.ctl,
  so any problem can be reported.

for ease of administration you may add a shell:
pw usermod news -d /var/lib/news -s /bin/csh

Packages by version and architecture

latest

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 16cr.g_21cr.g_21–
FreeBSD 15cr.g_21cr.g_21–
FreeBSD 14cr.g_21cr.g_21cr.g_21

quarterly (2026Q4)

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 15cr.g_21cr.g_21–
FreeBSD 14cr.g_21cr.g_21cr.g_21

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 cr.g_21.

Fixed (0)

No VuXML entries for this package.

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

None.

Commits (135)

Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_9
- fix build for gcc41 Obtained from:	Andreas Jochens (debian)
20082f59c2
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_9
- disable regression test on pointyhat the test sends 2 mails, pointyhat consider this fatal: Fatal error: filesystem was touched prior to 'make install' phase

http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-5-latest/cnews-cr.g_9.log
f68940248d
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_9
- drop support for FreeBSD 2.x Submitted by:	linimon

- perfomace gain by dropping gawk workaround
- activate regression-test
2f3683d211
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_8
- add SHA checksum
ec997a9574
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_8
- fix left over tempfiles in sendbatches Submitted by:	Peter Much
ffd3392127
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_7
- preserve configuration even when extracting the package - set shell and home for news when running intactive
108df0eb69
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_6
- add SIZE
4857d67313
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_6
- change ECHO -> ECHO_MSG
c4f66fbf9a
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_6
- clean up PATCH_SITES - add patch for regression on CURRENT Fixes incorrect memset, causes .overview gets not cleaned of nonexisted entries.
560f9979c7
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_5
- make plist more flexible in path
12e2a819d4
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_4
- retire pkg-comment
4eb8d6d1fa
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_4
- add COMMENT
387f34ee24
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_4
Bump PORTREVISION
f235fb95ac
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_3
change binary installation path for cnews
4f1d673aed
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_3
- Get rid of PERL and use SED
3209d0ed2c
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_3
Try grouping of MASTER_SITES
1b6982e0b5
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_3
- make portlint happier - use DOCSDIR or EXAMPLESDIR - get rid of some INTERACTIVE scrips in news/ifmail
2025ba84ee
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_3
Include new patches: 	c-news-patch-namelen 	c-news-patch-inews-path

make regression test available in port Makefile (make test)

new PORTREVISION
0a61922e9e
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_2
change MAINTAINER to FreeBSD.org address
385c248462
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_2
- Use proper POSIX syntax for `chown' in pkg-plist.
fc97789d9e
David E. O'Brien (obrien) · cr.g_2
Use proper POSIX syntax for `chown'.
90eb686abd
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_2
- Redesign in pkg-plist, all directorys are now created removed   with respect of the configuration paths. - Bumped PORTREVISION
03a6227a8c
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_1
- Change path in pkg-plist, using %D instead of absoulte names
730d5de276
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_1
- Change pkg-plist, wrong command fixed
11d9f1ee7a
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_1
- @exec randlib removed, it alters the libcnews.a so it won't be deinstalled.

PR:		27340
18c5284715
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g_1
- Add matchting @unexec lines for serveral "@exec"   So when package is removed, disr will clean.   Problem only found in depended ports: c-nocem, nntpd, ... - Bumped PORTREVISION

PR:		27340
741cd98351
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g
- Removed inactive MASTER_SITE
42b43ef82a
Kris Kennaway (kris) · cr.g
Don't hard-code -O2
d3fa1e9d13
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · cr.g
Removed write permissions on %PREFIX%/news/cnewsbin/input/newsspool global SUID bit is needed by uux group permission will not be enought. Thanks to jedgar@fxp.org (Chris Faulhaber) for security advice.
ffcfbce11c
Kevin Lo (kevlo) · cr.g
- Change in MASTER_SITES - Owner for binaries now from shake/mk/* - Owner for initial configuration must be news - Small message extended.

PR: 21874
Submitted by: MAINTAINER
5e43aec2b8
Kevin Lo (kevlo) · cr.g
Substitute the extra spaces
84fca4c34a
Kevin Lo (kevlo) · cr.g
- Update MASTER_SITES - PLIST is configurable and added URL's

PR: ports/20406
Submitted by: MAINTAINER
7fc557d65a
Satoshi Asami (asami) · cr.g
Remove @exec ranlib's.  Since pkg_add doesn't change the timestamp, these are not necessary (even if the linker cares about the timestamp -- I'm not sure if it does).
aee517c86c
Michael Haro (mharo) · cr.g
Correct whitespace introduced during PORTNAME conversion and portlint
feb212beb0
Chris Piazza (cpiazza) · cr.g
Unbreak

PR:		19768
Submitted by:	dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org
0bdc9e1be7
Chris Piazza (cpiazza) · cr.g
Update with the new PORTNAME/PORTVERSION variables
f39d3f29e6
Chris D. Faulhaber (jedgar)
Rearrange MASTER_SITES to have faster site used prior to slower sites

PR:		17285
Submitted by:	Maintainer
7bb6474018
Steve Price (steve)
Fixup the pgpverify patch and make the y2k path more robust.

PR:		15842
Submitted by:	maintainer
9e6c455d39
Chris Piazza (cpiazza)
Move the only master site that has one of the distfiles higher up in the list.  Waiting while 6 sites are checked for a file they don't have is not my idea of fun.
386b6a446f
Steve Price (steve)
Unbreak by fixing problems caused by gawk(1).

PR:		15459
Submitted by:	maintainer
418fce99bf
Steve Price (steve)
Mark broken for anything except 2.x because our system awk (3.0.3) causes crashes and corrupted output.

PR:		14420
Submitted by:	maintainer
78807d7372
Steve Price (steve)
Rework configuration, add a MASTER_SITE, and honor PREFIX.

PR:		13123
Submitted by:	maintainer
4e6bdf1064
Peter Wemm (peter)
$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$
da8955d04b
Michael Haro (mharo)
ln -> ${LN}
af5f314286
Michael Haro (mharo)
chmod -> ${CHMOD} chown -> ${CHOWN}
5281212be3
Tim Vanderhoek (hoek)
Commit #3/4 to enforce caps, no period.

FWIW, checkout of these things took 5+hrs, staying on the local
.freebsd.org net w/o hitting the 'net at all.

As promised,

$ time cvs ci
real    67m51.701s
user    0m1.250s
sys     0m5.345s
dd9ff05a6a
Steve Price (steve)
Use 'ln -sf' for the /var/news symlink just in case it already exists.
d9466e7bba
Steve Price (steve)
Update to use pgp-verify version 1.12.

PR:		12099
Submitted by:	maintainer
e5ab31180b
Steve Price (steve)
Add a bunch of new patches.

PR:		10000
Submitted by:	maintainer
7a50a29db6
Justin M. Seger (jseger)
Switch to better MASTER_SITEs PR:		ports/9096 Submitted by:	josh@quick.net
7ce1129981
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