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Port details on branch 2025Q3
bird3 Dynamic multithreaded IP routing daemon
3.1.4 net 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 3.1.3Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: olivier@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-09-23 17:15:06
Last Update: 2025-09-23 17:13:13
Commit Hash: 7db7e00
License: GPLv2
WWW:
https://bird.nic.cz/
Description:
The BIRD project aims to develop a fully functional dynamic IP routing daemon. - Both IPv4 and IPv6 - Multiple routing tables - BGP - RIP - OSPF - LDP - L3VPN - Static routes - Inter-table protocol - Command-line interface - Soft reconfiguration - Powerful language for route filtering Starting with release 3.x, BIRD is multi-threaded.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/bird3-3.1.4/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/bird3-3.1.4/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/bird3-3.1.4/GPLv2
  4. @sample etc/bird.conf.sample
  5. @shell sbin/birdc
  6. sbin/bird
  7. sbin/birdcl
  8. @owner
  9. @group
  10. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • bird
Dependency lines:
  • bird3>0:net/bird3
Conflicts:
CONFLICTS:
  • bird2
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/net/bird3/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install net/bird3
  • pkg install bird3
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: bird3
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1758640602 SHA256 (bird-3.1.4.tar.gz) = a5757b60e1de9ac5efc9765f87b7c8baefa31db789966c83870d070f7608278c SIZE (bird-3.1.4.tar.gz) = 2738002

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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. bison : devel/bison
  2. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
Library dependencies:
  1. libssh.so : security/libssh
  2. libreadline.so.8 : devel/readline
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for bird3-3.1.4: ====> Routing Protocols: you have to choose at least one of them BFD=on: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection BABEL=on: Babel routing protocol BMP=off: BGP Monitoring Protocol BGP=on: Border Gateway Protocol MRT=on: Dumping Routing Information in MRT Format OSPF=on: Open Short Path First PIPE=on: PIPE routing RADV=on: Router Advertisement RIP=on: Routing Information Protocol RPKI=on: Resource Public Key Infrastructure STATIC=on: Static routing ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
net_bird3
USES:
bison cpe gmake ncurses readline
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://bird.nic.cz/download/
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Number of commits found: 4

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
3.1.4
23 Sep 2025 17:13:13
commit hash: 7db7e00a421ca596a349c51650399c28494a23d6commit hash: 7db7e00a421ca596a349c51650399c28494a23d6commit hash: 7db7e00a421ca596a349c51650399c28494a23d6commit hash: 7db7e00a421ca596a349c51650399c28494a23d6 files touched by this commit
Olivier Cochard (olivier) search for other commits by this committer
net/bird3: Update to 3.1.4

Fixed several crashes in BGP, including one which was remotely exploitable.

MFH:		2025Q3
Security:	CVE-2025-59688
Sponsored by:	Netflix

(cherry picked from commit b209da7a624a0c90a83ff5bd6da7f6de245594e4)
3.1.3_2
23 Sep 2025 17:13:13
commit hash: 91fed1ce1fb37620c225cd6132b189f0c6de6e45commit hash: 91fed1ce1fb37620c225cd6132b189f0c6de6e45commit hash: 91fed1ce1fb37620c225cd6132b189f0c6de6e45commit hash: 91fed1ce1fb37620c225cd6132b189f0c6de6e45 files touched by this commit
Olivier Cochard (olivier) search for other commits by this committer
net/bird3: Fix typo in RC script preventing to start

PR:		289483
Reported by:	Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl>

(cherry picked from commit 420d05b7005df9206c579502f440aa96fafb87dc)
3.1.3_1
23 Sep 2025 17:13:13
commit hash: c33d2e6828bfbcf39a8b8a449b4df266de19475bcommit hash: c33d2e6828bfbcf39a8b8a449b4df266de19475bcommit hash: c33d2e6828bfbcf39a8b8a449b4df266de19475bcommit hash: c33d2e6828bfbcf39a8b8a449b4df266de19475b files touched by this commit
Olivier Cochard (olivier) search for other commits by this committer
net/bird3: Update rc script

Address some fixes:
- Modify rcorder to start sooner, enabling other daemons that rely on network
  access to start correctly.
- Introduce gracefulrestart as an additional rc command.

PR:		282565
PR:		240732
Sponsored by:	Netflix

(cherry picked from commit 1372a98ed6e303763de9f4a6bd6c6011fb3b66bd)
3.1.3
23 Sep 2025 17:13:13
commit hash: 48a29094d7bc5656eedbc41263dd139c75fef714commit hash: 48a29094d7bc5656eedbc41263dd139c75fef714commit hash: 48a29094d7bc5656eedbc41263dd139c75fef714commit hash: 48a29094d7bc5656eedbc41263dd139c75fef714 files touched by this commit
Olivier Cochard (olivier) search for other commits by this committer
net/bird3: Update to 3.1.3

Sponsored by:	Netflix

(cherry picked from commit b23c6523a65c2678f333db2ed71a5839f54262ab)

Number of commits found: 4