cnews cr.g_9 news =6

An news server
Maintained by: dinoex@FreeBSD.org
Port Added: unknown
License: BSD

Cnews news transport software

LICENSE: BSD

FTP: ftp://ftp.dinoex.org/pub/c-news/
WWW: http://www.dinoex.net/c-news.html

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To install the port: cd /usr/ports/news/cnews/ && make install clean
To add the package: pkg_add -r cnews

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Configuration Options

     No options to configure

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Master Sites:

ftp://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/c-news/

ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/news/cnews/

ftp://ftp.redcom.ru/pub/unix/usenet/c-news/

ftp://ftp.dinoex.org/pub/c-news/

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/c-news/

- fix missing includes
- fix build with clang
Feature safe:   yes

- Get Rid MD5 support

- add LICENSE_FILE

- fix build with LICENSE

LICENSE BSD

- MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE

- add LICENSE:

- not chown all dirs

Remove support for OSVERSION < 5

- new option WITH_SEDMAIL / WITH_CNEWS_SENDMAIL
Submitted by:   Scott Hazen Mueller

- fix build for gcc41
Obtained from:  Andreas Jochens (debian)

- 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

- drop support for FreeBSD 2.x
Submitted by:   linimon

- perfomace gain by dropping gawk workaround
- activate regression-test

- add SHA checksum

- fix left over tempfiles in sendbatches
Submitted by:   Peter Much

- preserve configuration even when extracting the package
- set shell and home for news when running intactive

- add SIZE

- change ECHO -> ECHO_MSG

- clean up PATCH_SITES
- add patch for regression on CURRENT
Fixes incorrect memset, causes .overview gets not cleaned of nonexisted entries.

- make plist more flexible in path

- retire pkg-comment

- add COMMENT

Bump PORTREVISION

change binary installation path for cnews

- Get rid of PERL and use SED

Try grouping of MASTER_SITES

- make portlint happier   - use DOCSDIR or EXAMPLESDIR   - get rid of some
INTERACTIVE scrips in news/ifmail    

Include new patches:   	c-news-patch-namelen   	c-news-patch-inews-path    

change MAINTAINER to FreeBSD.org address    

- Use proper POSIX syntax for `chown' in pkg-plist.    

Use proper POSIX syntax for `chown'.    

- Redesign in pkg-plist, all directorys are now created removed     with respect
of the configuration paths.   - Bumped PORTREVISION    

- Change path in pkg-plist, using %D instead of absoulte names    

- Change pkg-plist, wrong command fixed    

- @exec randlib removed, it alters the libcnews.a so it won't be deinstalled.   

- 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    

- Removed inactive MASTER_SITE    

Don't hard-code -O2    

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.    

- Change in MASTER_SITES   - Owner for binaries now from shake/mk/*   - Owner
for initial configuration must be news   - Small message extended.    

Convert category news to new layout.  

Substitute the extra spaces    

- Update MASTER_SITES   - PLIST is configurable and added URL's    

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).    

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