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c-ares Asynchronous DNS resolver library
1.34.6 dns on this many watch lists=26 search for ports that depend on this port An older version of this port was marked as vulnerable. Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.34.6Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: diizzy@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2006-07-14 07:05:28
Last Update: 2025-12-08 22:52:22
Commit Hash: 06a76d6
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License: MIT
WWW:
https://c-ares.haxx.se/
Description:
This is c-ares, an asynchronous resolver library. It is intended for applications which need to perform DNS queries without blocking, or need to perform multiple DNS queries in parallel. The primary examples of such applications are servers which communicate with multiple clients and programs with graphical user interfaces.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb

Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/c-ares-1.34.6/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/c-ares-1.34.6/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/c-ares-1.34.6/MIT
  5. bin/adig
  6. bin/ahost
  7. include/ares.h
  8. include/ares_build.h
  9. include/ares_dns.h
  10. include/ares_dns_record.h
  11. include/ares_nameser.h
  12. include/ares_version.h
  13. lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-config-version.cmake
  14. lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-config.cmake
  15. lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-targets-release.cmake
  16. lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-targets.cmake
  17. @comment lib/libcares.a
  18. lib/libcares.so
  19. lib/libcares.so.2
  20. lib/libcares.so.2.19.5
  21. libdata/pkgconfig/libcares.pc
  22. share/man/man1/adig.1.gz
  23. share/man/man1/ahost.1.gz
  24. share/man/man3/ares_cancel.3.gz
  25. share/man/man3/ares_create_query.3.gz
  26. share/man/man3/ares_destroy.3.gz
  27. share/man/man3/ares_destroy_options.3.gz
  28. share/man/man3/ares_dns_class_fromstr.3.gz
  29. share/man/man3/ares_dns_class_t.3.gz
  30. share/man/man3/ares_dns_class_tostr.3.gz
  31. share/man/man3/ares_dns_datatype_t.3.gz
  32. share/man/man3/ares_dns_flags_t.3.gz
  33. share/man/man3/ares_dns_mapping.3.gz
  34. share/man/man3/ares_dns_opcode_t.3.gz
  35. share/man/man3/ares_dns_opcode_tostr.3.gz
  36. share/man/man3/ares_dns_opt_datatype_t.3.gz
  37. share/man/man3/ares_dns_opt_get_datatype.3.gz
  38. share/man/man3/ares_dns_opt_get_name.3.gz
  39. share/man/man3/ares_dns_parse.3.gz
  40. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rcode_t.3.gz
  41. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rcode_tostr.3.gz
  42. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rec_type_fromstr.3.gz
  43. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rec_type_t.3.gz
  44. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rec_type_tostr.3.gz
  45. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record.3.gz
  46. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_create.3.gz
  47. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_destroy.3.gz
  48. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_duplicate.3.gz
  49. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_get_flags.3.gz
  50. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_get_id.3.gz
  51. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_get_opcode.3.gz
  52. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_get_rcode.3.gz
  53. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_query_add.3.gz
  54. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_query_cnt.3.gz
  55. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_query_get.3.gz
  56. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_query_set_name.3.gz
  57. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_query_set_type.3.gz
  58. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_rr_add.3.gz
  59. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_rr_cnt.3.gz
  60. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_rr_del.3.gz
  61. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_rr_get.3.gz
  62. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_rr_get_const.3.gz
  63. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_set_id.3.gz
  64. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr.3.gz
  65. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_add_abin.3.gz
  66. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_del_abin.3.gz
  67. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_del_opt_byid.3.gz
  68. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_abin.3.gz
  69. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_abin_cnt.3.gz
  70. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_addr.3.gz
  71. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_addr6.3.gz
  72. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_bin.3.gz
  73. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_class.3.gz
  74. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_keys.3.gz
  75. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_name.3.gz
  76. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_opt.3.gz
  77. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_opt_byid.3.gz
  78. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_opt_cnt.3.gz
  79. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_str.3.gz
  80. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_ttl.3.gz
  81. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_type.3.gz
  82. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_u16.3.gz
  83. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_u32.3.gz
  84. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_u8.3.gz
  85. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_key_datatype.3.gz
  86. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_key_t.3.gz
  87. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_key_to_rec_type.3.gz
  88. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_key_tostr.3.gz
  89. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_addr.3.gz
  90. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_addr6.3.gz
  91. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_bin.3.gz
  92. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_opt.3.gz
  93. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_str.3.gz
  94. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_u16.3.gz
  95. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_u32.3.gz
  96. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_u8.3.gz
  97. share/man/man3/ares_dns_section_t.3.gz
  98. share/man/man3/ares_dns_section_tostr.3.gz
  99. share/man/man3/ares_dns_write.3.gz
  100. share/man/man3/ares_dup.3.gz
  101. share/man/man3/ares_expand_name.3.gz
  102. share/man/man3/ares_expand_string.3.gz
  103. share/man/man3/ares_fds.3.gz
  104. share/man/man3/ares_free_data.3.gz
  105. share/man/man3/ares_free_hostent.3.gz
  106. share/man/man3/ares_free_string.3.gz
  107. share/man/man3/ares_freeaddrinfo.3.gz
  108. share/man/man3/ares_get_servers.3.gz
  109. share/man/man3/ares_get_servers_csv.3.gz
  110. share/man/man3/ares_get_servers_ports.3.gz
  111. share/man/man3/ares_getaddrinfo.3.gz
  112. share/man/man3/ares_gethostbyaddr.3.gz
  113. share/man/man3/ares_gethostbyname.3.gz
  114. share/man/man3/ares_gethostbyname_file.3.gz
  115. share/man/man3/ares_getnameinfo.3.gz
  116. share/man/man3/ares_getsock.3.gz
  117. share/man/man3/ares_inet_ntop.3.gz
  118. share/man/man3/ares_inet_pton.3.gz
  119. share/man/man3/ares_init.3.gz
  120. share/man/man3/ares_init_options.3.gz
  121. share/man/man3/ares_library_cleanup.3.gz
  122. share/man/man3/ares_library_init.3.gz
  123. share/man/man3/ares_library_init_android.3.gz
  124. share/man/man3/ares_library_initialized.3.gz
  125. share/man/man3/ares_mkquery.3.gz
  126. share/man/man3/ares_opt_param_t.3.gz
  127. share/man/man3/ares_parse_a_reply.3.gz
  128. share/man/man3/ares_parse_aaaa_reply.3.gz
  129. share/man/man3/ares_parse_caa_reply.3.gz
  130. share/man/man3/ares_parse_mx_reply.3.gz
  131. share/man/man3/ares_parse_naptr_reply.3.gz
  132. share/man/man3/ares_parse_ns_reply.3.gz
  133. share/man/man3/ares_parse_ptr_reply.3.gz
  134. share/man/man3/ares_parse_soa_reply.3.gz
  135. share/man/man3/ares_parse_srv_reply.3.gz
  136. share/man/man3/ares_parse_txt_reply.3.gz
  137. share/man/man3/ares_parse_uri_reply.3.gz
  138. share/man/man3/ares_process.3.gz
  139. share/man/man3/ares_process_fd.3.gz
  140. share/man/man3/ares_process_fds.3.gz
  141. share/man/man3/ares_process_pending_write.3.gz
  142. share/man/man3/ares_query_dnsrec.3.gz
  143. share/man/man3/ares_query.3.gz
  144. share/man/man3/ares_queue.3.gz
  145. share/man/man3/ares_queue_active_queries.3.gz
  146. share/man/man3/ares_queue_wait_empty.3.gz
  147. share/man/man3/ares_reinit.3.gz
  148. share/man/man3/ares_save_options.3.gz
  149. share/man/man3/ares_search.3.gz
  150. share/man/man3/ares_search_dnsrec.3.gz
  151. share/man/man3/ares_send.3.gz
  152. share/man/man3/ares_send_dnsrec.3.gz
  153. share/man/man3/ares_set_local_dev.3.gz
  154. share/man/man3/ares_set_local_ip4.3.gz
  155. share/man/man3/ares_set_local_ip6.3.gz
  156. share/man/man3/ares_set_pending_write_cb.3.gz
  157. share/man/man3/ares_set_server_state_callback.3.gz
  158. share/man/man3/ares_set_servers.3.gz
  159. share/man/man3/ares_set_servers_csv.3.gz
  160. share/man/man3/ares_set_servers_ports.3.gz
  161. share/man/man3/ares_set_servers_ports_csv.3.gz
  162. share/man/man3/ares_set_socket_callback.3.gz
  163. share/man/man3/ares_set_socket_configure_callback.3.gz
  164. share/man/man3/ares_set_socket_functions.3.gz
  165. share/man/man3/ares_set_socket_functions_ex.3.gz
  166. share/man/man3/ares_set_sortlist.3.gz
  167. share/man/man3/ares_strerror.3.gz
  168. share/man/man3/ares_svcb_param_t.3.gz
  169. share/man/man3/ares_threadsafety.3.gz
  170. share/man/man3/ares_timeout.3.gz
  171. share/man/man3/ares_tlsa_match_t.3.gz
  172. share/man/man3/ares_tlsa_selector_t.3.gz
  173. share/man/man3/ares_tlsa_usage_t.3.gz
  174. share/man/man3/ares_version.3.gz
  175. @owner
  176. @group
  177. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • c-ares>0:dns/c-ares
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/dns/c-ares/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install dns/c-ares
  • pkg install c-ares
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: c-ares
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1765216945 SHA256 (c-ares-1.34.6.tar.gz) = 912dd7cc3b3e8a79c52fd7fb9c0f4ecf0aaa73e45efda880266a2d6e26b84ef5 SIZE (c-ares-1.34.6.tar.gz) = 1017864
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
c-ares
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest1.34.61.34.61.16.11.34.51.34.6n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly1.34.61.34.61.19.11.34.51.34.6n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest1.34.61.34.61.18.1_11.34.51.34.61.19.1-1.19.1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.34.61.34.6-1.34.51.34.61.24.01.24.01.24.0
FreeBSD:15:latest1.34.61.34.6n/a1.34.5n/an/a1.25.0_11.27.0
FreeBSD:15:quarterly1.34.61.34.6n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest1.34.61.34.6n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. cmake : devel/cmake-core
  2. ninja : devel/ninja
This port is required by:
for Build
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  4. devel/grpc
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  2. dns/https_dns_proxy
  3. games/bzflag
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  6. irc/unreal
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  8. net/frr10
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  10. net/megacmd
  11. net/mosquitto
  12. net/sipsak
  13. net/wireshark
  14. net-mgmt/xymon-server
  15. security/bitwarden-cli
  16. security/sssd2
  17. security/zeek
  18. www/envoy
  19. www/nghttp2
  20. www/node20
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  22. www/node24
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  6. net/ecore-con*
  7. net/frr7*
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  11. net/rubygem-grpc142*
  12. net/shadowsocks-libev*
  13. net/tshark*
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  16. security/sssd*
  17. security/sssd-devel*
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  27. www/node6*
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for Run
  1. security/zeek
Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for c-ares-1.34.6: STATIC=off: Build static executables and/or libraries TEST=off: Build and/or run tests ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
dns_c-ares
USES:
cmake pathfix
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