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news/inn 2.7.4_1

InterNetNews -- the Internet meets Netnews

Port info

Maintainer
kbowling@FreeBSD.org
Packages
latest: 2.7.4_1
Upstream
up to date
Last update
to 2.7.4_1 · ec77dc5a2c
Quarterly
2026Q4: 2.7.4_1
WWW
https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/inn/
Links
cgit · VuXML · Report wrong data

Install

Package
# pkg install inn
installs 2.7.4_1 from latest; from quarterly (2026Q4) 2.7.4_1
Port
# cd /usr/ports/news/inn && make install clean
# make -C /usr/ports/news/inn config  # change options first
Size
1.6 MiB download · 5.9 MiB installed
Depends on
databases/db18 18.1.40_1, databases/p5-DBD-SQLite 1.76, databases/sqlite3 3.53.4,1, devel/gettext-runtime 1.0_1, graphics/p5-GD 2.83, lang/perl5.42 5.42.3, lang/python312 3.12.15, mail/p5-MIME-Tools 5.519,2, net/freebsd-uucp 1.07.4_4, news/libcanlock 3.3.4, security/gnupg 2.5.21
License
GPLv2 and ISCL
Options
13 of 16 on in the package: BERKELEYDB BLOCKLISTD CANLOCK DOCS EXAMPLES GNUPG KEYWORDS LARGE_FILES OPENSSL PYTHON SETGID_INEWS SQLITE UUCP_RNEWS
Show the 3 options that are off
KERBEROS SASL TAGGED_HASH

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FreeBSD 162.7.4_12.7.4_1–
FreeBSD 152.7.4_12.7.4_1–
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quarterly (2026Q4)

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 152.7.4_12.7.4_1–
FreeBSD 142.7.4_12.7.4_12.7.4_1

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 2.7.4_1.

Fixed (2)

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

None.

Commits (202)

Rong-En Fan (rafan) · 2.4.3_2
- Set --mandir and --infodir in CONFIGURE_ARGS if the configure script   supports them.  This is determined by running ``configure --help'' in   do-configure target and set the shell variable _LATE_CONFIGURE_ARGS   which is then passed to CONFIGURE_ARGS. - Remove --mandir and --infodir in ports' Makefile where applicable   Few ports use REINPLACE_CMD to achieve the same effect, remove them too. - 

PR:		ports/111470
Approved by:	portmgr
Discussed with:	stas (Mk/*), gerald (info related stuffs)
Tested by:	pointyhat exp run
f935a609c5
Shaun Amott (shaun) · 2.4.3_2
Fix inn and inn-current install.

Nudged by:	pav
ec60b4b254
Shaun Amott (shaun) · 2.4.3_2
- Fix PLIST for inn-current. - Check files exist before stripping, as strip(1) on 4.x fails if the   file isn't there.

Reported by:	pointyhat via kris
7073505859
Shaun Amott (shaun) · 2.4.3_2
Pass the correct directories to configure when a non-default INN_LAYOUT option is used.
cf01b91d7e
Shaun Amott (shaun) · 2.4.3_2
Fix database directory ownership / configure options.
e008bbf4d3
Shaun Amott (shaun) · 2.4.3_2
Fix Makefile.layout to work with FreeBSD 4.x.

Noticed by:	Dan Langille's magic sanity test script
ced1ab174a
Shaun Amott (shaun) · 2.4.3_2
Overhaul for the inn ports:

- Turn inn-stable and inn-current into slaves, as they are pretty much
  clones of news/inn.
- Update the above ports to recent snapshots.
- Allow inn's database and spool directories to be placed outside
  PREFIX (e.g. under /var).
- Add OPTIONS knobs.
62491c7999
Shaun Amott (shaun) · 2.4.3_2
For the inn ports:

- Fix build in the case where the host machine has either no DNS, or an
  incomplete hostname.
- Use a generic placeholder in the default config file rather than the
  build machine's name.
- Pet portlint(1) while here.
4cba7980c2
Shaun Amott (shaun) · 2.4.3_2
Amend hostname check to succeed if /bin/hostname fails. Another work-around for those pesky amd64 machines.
696e5bd2a8
Shaun Amott (shaun) · 2.4.3_2
- Fix a few incorrect file permissions after install. - Check for invalid hostname and set IGNORE, since we know the build   will fail in this case. - Ensure pkg-install is called with correct environment.
d6e813c37c
Shaun Amott (shaun) · 2.4.3_2
Switch to my @FreeBSD.org address.

Approved by:	ahze (mentor)
5361678373
Thierry Thomas (thierry) · 2.4.3_2
Fix plist: it's now possible to install inn from package.

PR:		ports/98469
Submitted by:	Shaun Amott <shaun (at) inerd.com> (maintainer)
b9de059d9d
Thierry Thomas (thierry) · 2.4.3_1
Don't remove database data files during the next upgrade.

PR:		ports/98038
Submitted by:	Shaun Amott <shaun (at) inerd.com> (maintainer)
67899aa29c
Pav Lucistnik (pav) · 2.4.3
- Update to 2.4.3 - Provide rc_subr startup script - Take maintainership

PR:		ports/96872
Submitted by:	Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com>
fde16f4917
Clement Laforet (clement) · 2.4.1_1
- Drop maintainership
91f702e3c7
Edwin Groothuis (edwin) · 2.4.1_1
SHA256ify

Approved by: krion@
c8276f2dd3
Edwin Groothuis (edwin) · 2.4.1_1
Replace ugly "@unexec rmdir %D... 2>/dev/null || true" with @dirrmtry

Approved by:    krion@
PR:             ports/88711 (related)
508b8d82f4
Clement Laforet (clement) · 2.4.1_1
- Preserve config files permissions to reduce inncheck warnings.
d334590ce1
Clement Laforet (clement) · 2.4.1_1
- SIZEify

Submitted by:		trevor
60cea39c30
Clement Laforet (clement) · 2.4.1_1
Strip binaries.

Noticed by:	naddy (monthes ago)
c828d7783b
Clement Laforet (clement) · 2.4.1_1
Cosmetic change: add missing quotes.
6f044fc4f1
Clement Laforet (clement) · 2.4.1_1
- Add WITH_STANDARD_ETC knob   If you define WITH_STANDARD_ETC inn config files are put   in ${PREFIX}/etc/inn

Requested by:		Jochen Gensch <incmc@gmx.de> (PR 61974)
8d788024ff
Clement Laforet (clement) · 2.4.1_1
- Add a little workaround to keep man directories owned by root. - Unmark as FORBIDDEN.

Noticed by:	kris
f54829811c
Joe Marcus Clarke (marcus) · 2.4.1_1
Bump PORTREVISION on all ports that depend on gettext to aid with upgrading.

(Part 1)
73f7c91b5d
Kris Kennaway (kris) · 2.4.1
FORBIDDEN: Changes ownership of system directories
909f39d3c0
Clement Laforet (clement) · 2.4.1
- Update to 2.4.1 (urgent release)   This release fixes a potentially exploitable buffer overflow.   Changelog:   http://lists.litech.org/pipermail/inn-workers/2004q1/002763.html - Add db41 support

Approved by:    erwin (mentor) (implicitly)
edb5020fcc
Mark Linimon (linimon) · 2.4.0_4
Changelog: - set correctly inn tmpdir [PR 57859: thanks to G. Paul Ziemba"   <p-fbsd-bugs@treehouse.napa.ca.us>] - fix PKG_PREFIX for pkg-install, now post install script knows correct prefix - add support for db4, db3 in ovdb. Note for users: inn 2.4.0 DOESN'T SUPPORT db4.1. If you want to use db4.1, use inn-stable instead. PR:	ports/58394 Submitted by:	Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.
9c9ed0af71
Daichi GOTO (daichi) · 2.4.0_3
update news/inn:   - fix build for news/newsx if inn* is installed via a package

PR:		57313
Submitted by:	Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> (maintainer)
Pointed out by:	Kris via dosirak
dc0a1130d3
Daichi GOTO (daichi) · 2.4.0_2
update: news/inn   - Now config files are not removed   - add many knobs   - Use USE_OPENSSL hook

PR:		57160
Submitted by:	Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> (maintainer)
5471197f6a
Daichi GOTO (daichi) · 2.4.0_1
update news/inn:   - Add python knob   - Add WITH_TAGGED_HASH (from PR 36587 (thanks to Thomas Seck)   - clean/move stuff from do-install: to post-install:   - make "portlint -A" happy

PR:		55108
Submitted by:	Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> (maintainer)
Pointed out by: Thomas Seck <tmseck@netcologne.de>
372363f832
Sergey A. Osokin (osa) · 2.4.0
Give maintainership to Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org>

PR:	54816
4efc4a55a4
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.4.0
I no longer have time to properly maintain these ports.
61fee55fa3
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.4.0
Upgrade to 2.4.0, which introduces, amongs other new features, IPv6 support.

Many thanks to Thierry Thomas <thierry@pompo.net> for advice and testing.
e1629c50f3
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.5
Upgrade to 2.3.5, which was released during the freeze.
8a5fa029f0
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.3.4
Clear moonlight beckons. Requiem mors pacem pkg-comment, And be calm ports tree.

E Nomini Patri, E Fili, E Spiritu Sancti.
7e52725f2a
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.4
Upgrade to 2.3.4.
00ce7e87a0
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.3
Force ${PREFIX}/news/spool during package building.
32fdc696e3
Edwin Groothuis (edwin) · 2.3.3
Both ports need perl to configure (see configure looks for the version) and to run (bunch of perl-scripts in contrib/samples/innfeed directory) Noticed on: bento
58301eb9fd
Ying-Chieh Liao (ijliao) · 2.3.3
add MASTER_SITE_ISC (1) and apply them

PR:		41218
Submitted by:	Kimura Fuyuki <fuyuki@hadaly.org> (1)
e1bfe4684c
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.3
Upgrade to 2.3.3.
1313180d47
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.2_2
Add NO_LATEST_LINK; inn-stable will always be at least as recent as inn.
27f3662ddd
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.2_2
Build with SSL/TLS support.
aebcb731ca
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.2_1
Install two additional headers.

Submitted by:	dinoex
2d97881325
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.2
Upgrade to INN 2.3.2.
7ce0c30d75
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.1_2
Forgot to bump PORTREVISION.
37e62f56b8
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.1_1
Avoid chown'ing /usr/local/man/man* to news:news.
a283186713
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.1_1
Install some header files which third-party utils may need. Avoid leaving cruft behind in the db directory.
8c4f78a6bb
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.1
Belatedly upgrade to 2.3.1.
8c664bbc1c
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.0
Add web site
f06cb45846
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des) · 2.3.0
ISC no longer maintains Y2K information for INN.
ff51ecef7e