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Port details

news/tin 2.6.6

Easy-to-use threaded newsreader with NOV/NNTP support

Port info

Maintainer
kbowling@FreeBSD.org
Packages
latest: 2.6.6
Upstream
up to date
Last update
to 2.6.6 · 30529de251
Quarterly
2026Q4: 2.6.6
WWW
http://www.tin.org/
Links
cgit · VuXML · Report wrong data

Install

Package
# pkg install tin
installs 2.6.6 from latest; from quarterly (2026Q4) 2.6.6
Port
# cd /usr/ports/news/tin && make install clean
# make -C /usr/ports/news/tin config  # change options first
Size
805 KiB download · 3.1 MiB installed
Depends on
converters/uulib 0.5.20_3, devel/gettext-runtime 1.0_1, devel/icu 76.1,1, devel/pcre2 10.49, dns/libidn2 2.3.8, mail/metamail 2.7_16, misc/mime-support 3.66_1, net/uriparser 1.0.2, news/libcanlock 3.3.4, security/gnupg 2.5.21, textproc/aspell-ispell 0.60.8.2, textproc/libexttextcat 3.4.8
License
BSD3CLAUSE
Options
6 of 8 on in the package: CANLOCK GNUPG ISPELL METAMAIL NLS NNTPS
Show the 2 options that are off
NNTP_ONLY SLRNFACE

Packages by version and architecture

latest

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 162.6.62.6.6–
FreeBSD 152.6.62.6.6–
FreeBSD 142.6.62.6.62.6.6

quarterly (2026Q4)

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 152.6.62.6.6–
FreeBSD 142.6.62.6.62.6.6

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 2.6.6.

Fixed (1)

Show 1 fixed
VuXML entries whose affected range the packaged version has left.

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

None.

Commits (244)

Johan van Selst (johans) · 2.3.1
Update tin to 2.3.1
897a3b9a72
Johan van Selst (johans) · 2.2.1_1
Fix build when compiling without NLS

PR:		193149
Submitted by:	vas@mpeks.tomsk.su
a8d6c8886f
Adam Weinberger (adamw) · 2.2.1_1
Rename news/ patch-xy patches to reflect the files they modify.
272b1c5f9a
Baptiste Daroussin (bapt) · 2.2.1_1
Convert GMAKE to MAKE_CMD Please note that lots of invocation of MAKE_CMD here are wrong as they do not properly respect MAKE_ENV and friends

With hat:	portmgr
a33191366c
Johan van Selst (johans) · 2.2.1_1
- Please poudriere build by using @sample (better and simpler) - Bump PORTREVISION
0b8fd39f3d
Johan van Selst (johans) · 2.2.1
Update to tin 2.2.1
a2703243a4
Baptiste Daroussin (bapt) · 2.2.0
Switch from ispell to aspell-ispell
ef086f0077
Johan van Selst (johans) · 2.2.0
- Update tin to 2.2.0 - Enable STAGE support
33d7a827c1
Baptiste Daroussin (bapt) · 2.0.1_3
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat: news)
b9522341aa
Boris Samorodov (bsam) · 2.0.1_3
Introduce ICONV_CONFIGURE_ARG variable defined at Uses/iconv.mk. It's value is "--with-libiconv-prefix=/usr/local" for systems before 100043 with ports libiconv and to use at systems post 100043 with base iconv it's value is "" (NULL).

Co-authors:	bapt, madpilot and bsam (me)
9f7e7e1326
Martin Wilke (miwi) · 2.0.1_3
- Fix build

Reported by:	pkg (DEVELOPER_MODE)
cdc3589d71
Marcus von Appen (mva) · 2.0.1_3
- Convert USE_ICONV=yes to USES=iconv - Change USE_GNOME=pkgconfig|gnomehack to USES=pathfix|pkgconfig and   USE_GETTEXT=yes to USES=gettext while here
95e7081976
Alex Kozlov (ak) · 2.0.1_3
- Convert USE_GETTEXT to USES (part 3)

Approved by:	portmgr (bapt)
e159824929
Martin Matuska (mm) · 2.0.1_3
Update PCRE to 8.32 Introduces the UTF-32 library pcre32 Bump PORTREVISION in dependent ports
b2c4fbb77a
Johan van Selst (johans) · 2.0.1_2
Convert to new options framework
a619252257
Johan van Selst (johans) · 2.0.1_2
Convert to new OPTIONS style (no functional changes)
c48a6fe55b
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · 2.0.1_2
- update png to 1.5.10
2b74a89bc8
Pav Lucistnik (pav) · 2.0.1_1
- Remove conditional checks for FreeBSD 6.X

PR:		ports/165608
Submitted by:	pgollucci
Approved by:	portmgr (hat)
9cd91f3661
Johan van Selst (johans) · 2.0.1_1
Use PORTREVISION?= instead of = to avoid overriding revision of chinese/tin

Reported by:	erwin
9e28a3ead0
Martin Matuska (mm) · 2.0.1_1
Bump pcre library dependency due to 8.30 update
dbbf004162
Johan van Selst (johans) · 2.0.1
Update to tin 2.0.1
a2cb3f3e81
Doug Barton (dougb) · 1.9.6
Remove optional dependencies and comments related to the removal of security/pgp6
d3586a3ed6
Dmitry Marakasov (amdmi3) · 1.9.6
- Add LDFLAGS to CONFIGURE_ENV and MAKE_ENV (as it was done with LDFLAGS) - Fix all ports that add {CPP,LD}FLAGS to *_ENV to modify flags instead

PR:		157936
Submitted by:	myself
Exp-runs by:	pav
Approved by:	pav
6f6fbe4bdf
Johan van Selst (johans) · 1.9.6
Fix maintainer field for slave ports
594c60cd17
Johan van Selst (johans) · 1.9.6
- Fix build with WITH_CANLOCK option set. - Fix build with FORCE_MAKE_JOBS by enforcing use of GNU make.

PR:		ports/158805
Submitted by:	mandree
178dcec815
Johan van Selst (johans) · 1.9.6
Update tin to 1.9.6

Although 1.9.x is still called unstable, it is quite stable these days
and used more than the old 1.8.3 version.
21ec7cfc46
Johan van Selst (johans) · 1.8.3_9
Port cleanup - Honour WITHOUT_NLS - Explicitly remove rw locale directory (fixes plist) - Set maintainer explicitly (this is not a master port) - Set CFLAGS/CPPFLAGS (these are passed automatically these days) - Remove MD5 checksum - Bump portrevision
58760bf42d
Greg Larkin (glarkin) · 1.8.3_8
- Chase security/libksba shlib version bump

Requested by:	kwm
Pointyhat to:	glarkin
afb4f48d31
Ade Lovett (ade) · 1.8.3_7
Bounce PORTREVISION for gettext-related ports.  Have fun, ya'll.
8d837132c7
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · 1.8.3_6
- update to 1.4.1 Reviewed by:	exp8 run on pointyhat Supported by:	miwi
de78af3ac5
Johan van Selst (johans) · 1.8.3_5
Update my mail address to @FreeBSD.org

Feature safe:   yes
4aaac0b5f9
Dirk Meyer (dinoex) · 1.8.3_5
- update to jpeg-8
ca9c60461c
Johan van Selst (johans) · 1.8.3_4
- Introduce OPTIONS - Add tin_ prefix to manpages mbox.5 and mmdf.5
d17c0027ce
Johan van Selst (johans) · 1.8.3_3
Take up maintainership
f0e11d59dc
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.8.3_3
1) Add WITHOUT_TIN_MAILBOX_MANPAGES knob 2) Drop my maintainership

PR:             127509
Submitted by:   "N.J. Mann" <njm@njm.me.uk> (1)
838a1baaa6
Edwin Groothuis (edwin) · 1.8.3_3
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.

The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).

PR:             ports/124340
Submitted by:   edwin@
Approved by:    portmgr (pav)
090059a210
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.8.3_2
Exclude 700000-700033 for ncursesw
546d5a773d
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.8.3_2
Use ncursesw when available
1aca7c370c
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.8.3_1
Add WITH_TIN_SCREEN knob

PR:             109604
Submitted by:   leeym
584687adff
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.8.3_1
Rename url_handler.sh to tinurl_handler.sh to avoid conflict with urlview port.

PR:             109090
536c789c22
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.8.3
Update to 1.8.3

PR:             108995
Submitted by:   Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@lwhsu.org>
41d8df2eb9
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.8.2_1
Remove stale mirror Actually use ${PREFIX}/etc/mime.types Use misc/mime-support package Fix manpages

PR:             105421
Submitted by:   rafan (partially)
e04985f269
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.8.2
Upgrade to 1.8.2
477f00233c
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.8.1
Upgrade to 1.8.1
0074a60ea3
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.8.0_1
Add working mirror instead of dead one
bbeee9681b
Edwin Groothuis (edwin) · 1.8.0_1
Replace ugly "@unexec rmdir %D... 2>/dev/null || true" with @dirrmtry

Approved by:    krion@
PR:             ports/88711 (related)
186c2e326c
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.8.0_1
Fix allocation off-by-one

Submitted by:   Aleksey Salow <aleksey.salow@gmail.com>
8436f2d7f7
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.8.0
Upgrade to 1.8.0
84598f77e3
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.7.10
Upgrade to 1.7.10
06d7420bae
Andrey A. Chernov (ache) · 1.7.9_1
Bump PORTREVISION for unexec rmdir
3e0f4c884e