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Port details

news/knews 1.0b.1_15

Threaded NNTP newsreader for X11

Port info

Maintainer
dinoex@FreeBSD.org
Packages
latest: 1.0b.1_15
Upstream
up to date
Last update
to 1.0b.1_15 · e427ab10bf
Quarterly
2026Q4: 1.0b.1_15
Links
cgit · VuXML · Report wrong data

Install

Package
# pkg install knews
installs 1.0b.1_15 from latest; from quarterly (2026Q4) 1.0b.1_15
Port
# cd /usr/ports/news/knews && make install clean
Size
240 KiB download · 600 KiB installed
Depends on
graphics/jpeg-turbo 3.1.4.1, graphics/png 1.6.59_1, mail/faces 1.7.7_14, print/mp-letter 3.0.1_1, x11-toolkits/libXmu 1.3.1,1, x11-toolkits/libXt 1.3.1,1, x11/libICE 1.1.2,1, x11/libSM 1.2.6,1, x11/libX11 1.8.14,1, x11/libXext 1.3.7,1, x11/libXpm 3.5.20
License
GPLv2

Packages by version and architecture

latest

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 161.0b.1_151.0b.1_15–
FreeBSD 151.0b.1_151.0b.1_15–
FreeBSD 141.0b.1_151.0b.1_151.0b.1_15

quarterly (2026Q4)

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 151.0b.1_151.0b.1_15–
FreeBSD 141.0b.1_151.0b.1_151.0b.1_15

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 1.0b.1_15.

Fixed (0)

No VuXML entries for this package.

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

None.

Commits (94)

Maxim Sobolev (sobomax) · 1.0b.1
Bump png shared library version.

Submitted by:	Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@mahoroba.org>
6db96c0500
Andreas Klemm (andreas) · 1.0b.1
disable compface, knews dumps core when trying to post new article in newsgroup
42c44957e8
Michael Haro (mharo) · 1.0b.1
Correct whitespace introduced during PORTNAME conversion and portlint
feb212beb0
Andreas Klemm (andreas) · 1.0b.1
xface support for knews

PR:		17985
Submitted by:	misha
be9946f3bf
Akinori MUSHA (knu) · 1.0b.1
Fix a typo in PORTVERSION.

PR:		ports/17973
Typo by:	cpiazza
Fixed by:	A single key stroke of C-t
3fc58bd3e0
Chris Piazza (cpiazza) · 1.0.b1
Update with the new PORTNAME/PORTVERSION variables
f39d3f29e6
Michael Haro (mharo)
FreeBSD.ORG -> FreeBSD.org

Prompted by PR:  13476, 13477
Submitted by:  KATO Tsuguru
65ab34a667
Peter Wemm (peter)
$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$
da8955d04b
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
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
remove manpages from PLIST remove one unnecessary empty line at the end of PLIST
ffff0a8ff2
Vanilla I. Shu (vanilla)
Bump png's major number to 3.
343b837340
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
Update to new knews version 1.0b.1. From the Home Page: The only changes from version 1.0b.0 are XFace support and a few bug fixes. XFace support isn't enabled in the port, didn't have the time and need.
a82c07a5e3
Steve Price (steve)
Remove extraneous x11 from CATEGORIES.

Submitted by:	Josh Gilliam <josh@quick.net>
6c450aae0f
Satoshi Asami (asami)
mp -> mp-letter
09ae5a3b63
Satoshi Asami (asami)
Roll back libpng major to 2.
27ba461c8e
Satoshi Asami (asami)
Roll back libXpm major to 4.  Sorry, it wasn't a good idea to bump it in the first place.
081079e0db
Satoshi Asami (asami)
libpng major is now 3.  Also remove regexp support in preparation for ELF conversion.
4610ae86c9
Satoshi Asami (asami)
jpeg is now converted to ELF so change LIB_DEPENDS lines accordingly. (Note, since the shlib major didn't change this just removes the regexp  support.)
4dc064b0c5
Satoshi Asami (asami)
libXpm major is now 5.  Also remove regexp support in preparation for ELF conversion.
03d5b496f6
Justin M. Seger (jseger)
Change JPEG shared library number to 9.  This is to make sure that everyone installs the version of the port that uses shared library number 9 and the LIBRARY_VERSION set to the default.  Normally this is against our policy (bumping the version number for minor things), however due to the major problems caused with the upgrade, Satoshi and I decided that this was best.

Approved by:    asami
18f33c0f93
Justin M. Seger (jseger)
Switch remaining ports to use jpeg lib version 8.0.
b5544f1358
Andrey A. Chernov (ache)
upgrade png major
75d15b3956
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
hell, what's going on ... again forgot patch-ac, but now ;-)
c08adf55a4
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
remove BROKENNESS forgot to add patch-ac tested packaging Reviewed by:	as requested by Satoshi
19c72d4e31
Satoshi Asami (asami)
mark this port broken
8cd267e1b8
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
update to new version 1.0b.0 port dependency to jpeg an png lib, because inline imaging is enabled now the pre-configure script edits knews.tmpl after it has been patched enable automatic jump into threaded mode in Knews.ad port dependency to mp port, because default print command now uses newsp
ccb10483da
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
cosmetic changes using portlint, a really nice tool ;-)
3a3e535685
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
removed sunsite from the list of master sites, because sunsite got rid of their X11/apps directory. Submitted by:	 Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
e3b0afc793
Masafumi Max NAKANE (max)
The distfile has been changed.
0496a6b4e5
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
Make knews port work again: 	a) changed md5 checksum. original author made minor change but didn't 	   bump the version number - as usual :-( 	b) knewsd isn't installed by default anymore, updated PLIST 	   (removed bin/knewsd and man/man1/knewsd.1.gz) Now the port installs and packages well again ! Reviewed by: Submitted by: Obtained from:
29f0c799d1
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
corrected md5 checksum file. The author seems to have changed something in the current release.
2a88117c25
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
corrected md5 checksum, because the knews sources changed at 97/01/02 at the master site.
44a3b557b8
Satoshi Asami (asami)
Compress a bunch of manpages.  Remove unnecessary @ directives from PLISTs.

Note: I know that this is going to break some symlinks and/or .so
includes, I will back some of these out as I run into these during
package building.
c98cfd116d
Satoshi Asami (asami)
Use MASTER_SITE_SUNSITE.  Use MAN? macros.  CATEGORIES+= -> CATEGORIES.
642e598732
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
Shortened Maintainer e-mail address.
735d0bc754
Satoshi Asami (asami)
Oh my goodness!  Satoshi is finally fed up and decided to "clean up" all the COMMENTs!  No package names, no version numbers, no "this is absolutix-3.1.2" type comments that have zero information contents.

Now, without any bad examples to follow, nobody has an excuse to import
a port with those kind of comments. :)

Phew!  238 ports modified!
95137d2010
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
updated my ports with my new e-mail address.
dea38560eb
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
knews 0.9.7 -> 0.9.8
7bcae9cc58
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
oops, forgot cvs add patch-ac the first time :) Patch to prevent dialup to internet when starting knews by setting DOMAIN_HACK to '0' as suggested by the author of knews.
650d9f09d0
Andreas Klemm (andreas)
Updated checksum file, because it was out of date. Author of knews packaged 0.9.7 new, some minor changes. Didn't look closely what changes, but the new 0.9.7 builds and installes cleanly and works. 	-andreas
5e8d1d732a
Satoshi Asami (asami)
Upgrade, 0.9.6 -> 0.9.7.

Submitted (partly) by:	andreas
aaf8c8f9cd
Satoshi Asami (asami)
Makefile cleanup.

(1) Add $Id$.

(2) Reorder variables.  Remove unnecessary PKGNAME (was ==DISTNAME).

(3) Remove spurious comments about MAINTAINER, it's funny to if you
    look at the diff between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6 though.

(4) Remove unnecessary "IS_INTERACTIVE=no", that is a binary (set/unset)
    variable so it actually meant "yes" (and I'm sure that's not what
    Andreas meant).
1646333f24
Joerg Wunsch (joerg)
Finally upgrade to version 0.9.6.

Submitted by:	andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm)
95ad3cdc9b
Joerg Wunsch (joerg)
Karl-Johan Johnsson's X11 NNTP newsreader.

Submitted by:	andreas@knobel.gun.de (Andreas Klemm)
0f6cdff223