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biffer Better mail notification server
1.0_1 mail Deleted on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.0_1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Broken BROKEN: fails to build with new utmpx
Deprecated DEPRECATED: Fails to build with new utmpx
Expired This port expired on: 2014-07-23
Ignore IGNORE: is marked as broken: fails to build with new utmpx
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Port Added: unknown
Last Update: 2014-07-24 18:36:20
SVN Revision: 362836
License: not specified in port
Description:
biffer replaces and enhances the normal result of "biff(1)". It can forward notifications between machines and userids (even if the mail recipient is not currently signed on), ignore messages that match user-specified patterns in mail headers, do text or X notifications, and also run an arbitrary program. Needs a slight modification to the stock comsat, included here as biffer_comsat. Written at the University of Waterloo circa 1988, and in use since then with some modifications.
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  • biffer>0:mail/biffer
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PKGNAME: biffer
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Runtime dependencies:
  1. xmsg : x11/xmsg
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Number of commits found: 19

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
1.0_1
24 Jul 2014 18:36:20
Revision:362836Original commit files touched by this commit
rene search for other commits by this committer
Remove expired ports:
2014-07-23 chinese/big5con: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 chinese/hztty: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 irc/solid-ircd: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 korean/eterm: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 mail/biffer: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 misc/c-hey: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 misc/wminfo: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 net/sendfile: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 net-im/centericq: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 security/chkrootkit: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 security/openfwtk: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 security/pam_alreadyloggedin: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 security/srp: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 security/sud: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 sysutils/hyperic-sigar: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 sysutils/lookupd: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 sysutils/lookupd_ldap: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 sysutils/p5-Sys-Utmp: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 sysutils/syslog-ng2: Fails to build with new utmpx
2014-07-23 sysutils/yawho: Fails to build with new utmpx
1.0_1
23 Jun 2014 20:39:15
Revision:359005Original commit files touched by this commit
antoine search for other commits by this committer
Deprecate ports failing to build with new utmpx
Maintainers had more than 4 years to fix them

With hat:	portmgr
1.0_1
23 Oct 2013 20:45:10
Revision:331423Original commit files touched by this commit
ak search for other commits by this committer
- Return ports to the pool

PR:	ports/183244
Submitted by:	Chris Petrik <c.petrik.sosa@gmail.com> (former maintainer)
1.0_1
20 Sep 2013 19:59:14
Revision:327742Original commit files touched by this commit
bapt search for other commits by this committer
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
mail)
1.0_1
07 Mar 2013 03:25:11
Revision:313559Original commit files touched by this commit
bdrewery search for other commits by this committer
- Please welcome back Chris Petrik as maintainer of
  these ports [1]
- Trim headers
- Remove indefinite article from COMMENT
- Convert tab to space in WWW lines

PR:		ports/175415 [1]
Submitted by:	Chris Petrik <c.petrik.sosa@gmail.com> [1]
Discussed with:	bapt
1.0_1
03 Jul 2011 13:53:52
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ohauer search for other commits by this committer
- remove MD5
1.0_1
20 Mar 2010 14:01:44
Original commit files touched by this commit
miwi search for other commits by this committer
- Mark BROKEN on HEAD: fails to build with new utmpx

Reported by:    pointyhat
1.0_1
21 Dec 2009 02:19:12
Original commit files touched by this commit
dougb search for other commits by this committer
For ports maintained by ports@FreeBSD.org, remove names and/or
e-mail addresses from the pkg-descr file that could reasonably
be mistaken for maintainer contact information in order to avoid
confusion on the part of users looking for support. As a pleasant
side effect this also avoids confusion and/or frustration for people
who are no longer maintaining those ports.
1.0_1
19 Jun 2009 05:24:28
Original commit files touched by this commit
pgollucci search for other commits by this committer
- Mark MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE
- Fix build with custom LOCALBASE/PREFIX [1]

Reported by:    QATty [1]
1.0_1
04 Jul 2007 05:02:35
Original commit files touched by this commit
linimon search for other commits by this committer
Reset jsellens@generalconcepts.com due to a maintainer timeout and no
response to email.
1.0_1
19 May 2007 20:32:57
Original commit files touched by this commit
flz search for other commits by this committer
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/.
- Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}.
- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
1.0
22 Jan 2006 12:50:54
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edwin search for other commits by this committer
SHA256ify

Approved by: krion@
1.0
28 Oct 2005 07:00:21
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jylefort search for other commits by this committer
- Respect ${PREFIX} [1]
- Cleanup: s,${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME},${WRKSRC},

[1]:
PR:             ports/88114
Submitted by:   maintainer
1.0
31 Mar 2004 03:12:58
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trevor search for other commits by this committer
SIZEify (maintainer timeout)
1.0
23 Oct 2003 00:14:06
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kris search for other commits by this committer
Respect CC and CFLAGS
1.0
21 Feb 2003 12:42:26
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knu search for other commits by this committer
De-pkg-comment.
05 Feb 2001 15:11:27
commit hash: fp1.9242@dev.null.freshports.orgcommit hash: fp1.9242@dev.null.freshports.orgcommit hash: fp1.9242@dev.null.freshports.orgcommit hash: fp1.9242@dev.null.freshports.org files touched by this commit
olgeni search for other commits by this committer
Spaces->tabs in the mail category.    
08 Oct 2000 11:23:49
commit hash: fp1.4849@dev.null.freshports.orgcommit hash: fp1.4849@dev.null.freshports.orgcommit hash: fp1.4849@dev.null.freshports.orgcommit hash: fp1.4849@dev.null.freshports.org files touched by this commit
asami search for other commits by this committer
Change PKGDIR from pkg/ to .  Also fix places where ${PKGDIR} is   spelled out
(many of which are ${PKGDIR}/MESSAGE -> ${PKGMESSAGE} type   fixes that
shouldn't have been necessary) and the string "/pkg/"   appear.    
08 Oct 2000 04:16:42
commit hash: fp1.4778@dev.null.freshports.orgcommit hash: fp1.4778@dev.null.freshports.orgcommit hash: fp1.4778@dev.null.freshports.orgcommit hash: fp1.4778@dev.null.freshports.org files touched by this commit
asami search for other commits by this committer
Convert category mail to new layout.  

Number of commits found: 19