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Branch: CURRENT, Version: 2.6.3nb3, Package name: tin-2.6.3nb3, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

TIN: Easy to use threaded newsreader with NOV/NNTP support.


Required to run:
[converters/uulib] [lang/perl5] [devel/libidn] [devel/pcre] [news/libcanlock]

Required to build:
[pkgtools/cwrappers]

Package options: canlock, inet6, nls, termcap, tls

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Filesize: 3371.755 KB

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   2024-04-05 11:57:50 by Michael Baeuerle | Files touched by this commit (2)
Log message:
news/tin: Switch to gzip compressed source archive
   2024-01-17 17:07:19 by Michael Baeuerle | Files touched by this commit (3) | Package updated
Log message:
news/tin: Update to 2.6.3

-- 2.6.3 release 20231224 "Banff" --

 018) Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
      ADD. fix incompatible pointer types
      FIX. aclocal.m4, configure.[in]

 017) Enrik Berkhan <enrik@tin.org>
      ADD. "COMPRESS DEFLATE" support (RFC 8054)
      ADD. ensure that no TLS implementation can activate compression
      ADD. some more error messages for various TLS issues
      ADD. don't use tls_default_ca_cert_file(3) due to a behavioural
           difference between libretls and libressl
      BUG. typo in configure[.in]
      FIX. init.c, main.c, misc.c, nntplib.c, nntps.c, extern.h, autoconf.hin
           aclocal.m4, configure[.in]

 016) Dennis Grevenstein <dennis.grevenstein@gmail.com>
      ADD. EXIT_*-fallback for NEWS-OS 3.3
      FIX. makecfg.c

 015) Dennis Preiser <dennis@d--p.de>
      ADD. do not interpret \n in editor_format
      ADD. mime encode long header-lines (> 998 octets) if !post_8bit_header
           and warn about long unbroken header-lines otherwise
      ADD. configurable display format of attachments
           (page_mime_format, page_uue_format, attachment_format)
      ADD. new options show_art_score, col_score_neg, col_score_pos
      ADD. avoid fopen()/fclose() overhead in subscribe_pattern()
      ADD. allow up to 64k long lines in posted_info_file
      ADD. make -vZ less verbose (skip Reading messages)
           current output now available via -vvZ
      ADD. move strings to lang.c
      ADD. silence some compiler warnings
      ADD. unset of ranges
      ADD. display umlauts in ssl-certs with OpenSSL and GnuTLS and LibreSSL
           if also lybcrypto is available
      BUG. tls_peer_cert_notbefore()/tls_peer_cert_notafter() used with
           LibreSSL without crypto-lib (from OpenSSL) returns time in UTC
           not localtime
      BUG. with several consecutive soft hyphens, every second one is
           displayed despite suppress_soft_hyphens=ON
      BUG. -vZ output was ugly due to one missing and one superfluous newline
      BUG. tagging articles in group and thread level may grabble the
           screen after reading them and returning to that level if
           art_mark_width = 1
      BUG. crafting a f'up to a non existent group lead to a crash
      BUG. changing hide_uue via 'M'enu in pager missed to recook
           the article
      REM. show_info from manuals, unused t_filter->next
      BUG. fix the memleak in read_cmd_line_options(envargs()) if $TINRC is
           set
      BUG. -I$srcdir/libcanlock/include missing in CHECK_DECL_FLAG
      FIX. active.c, art.c, attrib.c, color.c, config.c, cook.c, filter.c
           group.c, inews.c, init.c, keymap.c, lang.c, main.c, misc.c, newsrc.c
           nntplib.c, nntps.c, nrctbl.c, options_menu.c, page.c, pgp.c, post.c
           read.c, refs.c, rfc2046.c, rfc2047.c, save.c, select.c, signal.c
           tags.c, thread.c, xface.c, extern.h, proto.h, tin.h, tinrc.h
           tnntps.h, tincfg.tbl, tin.[15], configure[.in]

 014) Matt Anton <tin@lv223.org>
      ADD. updated French translation
      FIX. fr.po

 013) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
      BUG. "\x" sequences (x != '\0', 'n') in editor_format got
           replaced by "%x"
      BUG. verification_func undefined with HAVE_LIB_GNUTLS but without DEBUG
      BUG. missing HAVE_MEMMOVE / HAVE_BCOPY guards in nntplib.c
      BUG. without including tin.h we can no longer use _Noreturn in makecfg.c
      BUG. txt_translit was included in binary without HAVE_ICONV
      BUG. timeout counter was not reset on reconnect
      BUG. fix uncritical TOCTOU issue in read_newsrc() and
           open_save_filename()
      BUG. use of potentially uninitialized this_resp instead of respnum
           in strfquote() when calling my_strftime()
      BUG. an unknown Content-Transfer-Encoding was correctly treated as
           binary but without updating Content-Type to
           application/octet-stream (RFC2045 6.4)
      ADD. disallow headers without a name or a name start starts with a dot
           when posting
      ADD. -[zZMN] now note unsubscribed cmd-line groups
      ADD. replace stpwatch.h macros avoiding ftime()
      ADD. do not resend HEAD after ERR_GOODBYE response
      ADD. config.guess, config.sub update
      ADD. version checking during configure for SSL/TLS libraries
      ADD. log end of long multiline responses with -D 1 when not using -v
           (for timestamps)
      ADD. reformat code, remove unnecessary assignments and parameters,
           remove DIRSEP, avoid implicit double negative
      ADD. :port suffix in newsauth, newsrctable and -g
      ADD. cmd. execution via ! for x_body
      ADD. missing fchmod fallback code to write_overview()
      ADD. only log sensitive auth data if running verbose (-vD 1)
      ADD. warn if body contains non printable chars in current locale
      ADD. speedup str_trim(), refine valid_msgid()
      ADD. -t timeout cmd.-line option
      ADD. -vvN / -vvM writes the skipped groups (unset batch_save) to the log
      ADD. allow ISO8859* (without hyphen) as mm_charset in
           my_isprint()-fallback when compiling with -DNO_LOCALE
      ADD. validate_charset() if charset name is read from an article
      ADD. show score in "-D 2" filter output if != 0 (instead of only for
           killed articles)
      ADD. add 'f' / 'F' (post a followup (without quotes)) to thread menu
      ADD. add Content-Language (RFC 3282) evaluation (pager only)
      ADD. GLOBAL_TOGGLE_COLOR ('&') to info-pager (help-page ('h'),
           connection-info ('J') and menu ('M')), posting-history ('W') and
           url-menu ('U')
      ADD. GLOBAL_VERSION ('v') to attachment-menu ('V'), posting-history
           ('W') and url-menu ('U')
      ADD. GLOBAL_TOGGLE_INVERSE_VIDEO ('I') to url-menu ('U') and
           posting-history ('W')
      ADD. make date-parsing more fault tolerant
      ADD. quit early if rcdir doesn't exist and can't be created
      ADD. init backup_article_name just one
      ADD. MOTD to connection-info ('J')
      ADD. configure check for libcrypto when using LibreSSL
      FIX. active.c, art.c, auth.c, config.c, cook.c, debug.c, feed.c, filter.c
           group.c, header.c, heapsort.c, help.c, init.c, keymap.c, lang.c
           mail.c, main.c, makecfg.c, memory.c, misc.c, newsrc.c, nntplib.c
           nntps.c, options_menu.c, page.c, pgp.c, post.c, refs.c, rfc2045.c
           rfc2046.c, rfc2047.c, save.c, screen.c, search.c, select.c, signal.c
           string.c, tcurses.c, thread.c, tmpfile.c, xface.c, parsdate.y
           autoconf.h[in], extern.h, keymap.h, proto.h, rfc2046.h, tin.h
           tinrc.h, tin.1, tin.5, Makefile[.in], configure[.in], config.guess
           config.sub

 012) Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
      BUG. HAVE_LIBINTL_H may get set even when unavailable
      ADD. remove tin.h dependency from makecfg.c
      ADD. update configure macros
      ADD. simplify code
      FIX. aclocal.m4, configure[.in], canlock.c, makecfg.c, Makefile.in

 011) Brad Littlejohn <tyketto@sbcglobal.net>
      Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
      BUG. still using dropped alias s_close() instead of close() in some
           code path (i.e. without ENABLE_IPV6 and/or with DECNET).
      FIX. nntplib.c

 010) Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
      ADD. updated Estonian translation
      FIX. et.po
   2023-11-08 14:21:43 by Thomas Klausner | Files touched by this commit (2377)
Log message:
*: recursive bump for icu 74.1
   2023-10-25 00:11:51 by Thomas Klausner | Files touched by this commit (2298)
Log message:
*: bump for openssl 3
   2023-04-19 10:12:01 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (2359) | Package updated
Log message:
revbump after textproc/icu update
   2023-01-25 19:06:41 by Michael Baeuerle | Files touched by this commit (6) | Package updated
Log message:
news/tin: Update to 2.6.2

Added upstream patch to fix build.

-- 2.6.2 release 20221224 "Pittyvaich" --

 009) Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
      Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
      ADD. missing #include directives to improve C99 compatibility
      FIX. aclocal.m4, configure

 008) Enrik Berkhan <enrik@tin.org>
      BUG. remove alleged Y2K38 safety issues
      ADD. ~ and $VAR expansion to tinrc option tls_ca_cert_file
      ADD. simplify code and refactor to fix an unused variable complaint
      ADD. pcre2 support (debian bug #999941, fedora bug #2128388)
      ADD. NNTPS support based on libressl/GNUttls/OpenSSL (RFC 8143)
      ADD. TLS connection info
      ADD. switch from stdio to own buffer implementation
      FIX. config.c, cook.c, feed.c, filter.c, group.c, init.c, lang.c, main.c
           memory.c, misc.c, nntplib.c, nntps.c, options_menu.c, page.c, read.c
           regex.c, save.c, screen.c, search.c, select.c, wildmat.c
           autoconf.h[in], extern.h, nntplib.h, proto.h, tinrc.h, tin.h
           tnntp.h, tnntps.h, tincfg.tbl, parsdate.y, configure[.in]
           Makefile[.in], tin.1

 007) Dennis Preiser <dennis@d--p.de>
      BUG. backward search for a non empty line got stuck in endless loop
      BUG. reading a faulty mime article via NNTP could hang tin
           (debian bug #1005024)
      BUG. a long group name isn't shortened appropriately in group level
      BUG. config changes via 'M'enu were not immediately active for
           show_signatures, verbatim_handling, tex2iso_conf and
           trim_article_body
      BUG. after posting an article from selection or group level the cursor
           remains visible in the lower left corner
      ADD. tinrc.show_help_mail_sign
      ADD. get $TMPDIR just once
      ADD. option to remove SOFT HYPHENs (U+00AD) from non verbatim blocks of
           articles in UTF-8 and using a UTF-8 locale
      BUG. show actual help-key in txt_type_h_for_help
      FIX. config.c, cook.c, debug.c, filter.c, group.c, init.c, lang.c, mail.c
           misc.c, my_tmpfile.c, newsrc.c, options_menu.c, page.c, pgp.c
           regex.c, rfc2046.c, refs.c, save.c, screen.c, search.c, select.c
           thread.c, extern.h, proto.h, tin.h, tinrc.h, tincfg.tbl, tin.1
           tin.5

 006) Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
      BUG. configure --with-included-gettext was non-functional since tin 2.4.2
      ADD. update configure macros
      FIX. aclocal.m4, intl/Makefile.in, intl/plural.c

 005) Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>
      ADD. config.guess, config.sub update
      ADD. code cleanup; remove redundant condition and unused var;
           add some missing casts and _Noreturn
      ADD. ignore set but empty env.-vars
      ADD. try harder when looking for keymap-file, try locale "suffixes"
           from language[_territory[.codeset]][@modifier] with parts
           stripped off in order: codeset, normalized codeset, territory,
           modifier
      ADD. guard against empty inews_prog and empty mm_charset in
           !CHARSET_CONVERSION case
      ADD. warn about some more nonsensical cmd.-line option combinations
           -ow|-oz|-wz
      ADD. exit early at -o when there are no postponed articles
      ADD. reduce memory usage for xface
      ADD. list of leap years from 2040 to 2068
      ADD. restrict URL_REGEX to disallow non ascii chars in path
      ADD. accept active file lines even without moderation flag
      ADD. do not try NEXT again after an ERR_COMMAND response
      ADD. ConnectionInfo page ('J')
      ADD. update tin_atol() to new SI prefix names Ronna and Quetta
      ADD. experimental MAXARTNUM extension
      BUG. missing default tinrc.editor_format on first start
      BUG. typo in man page
      BUG. possible memleak in check_article_to_be_posted if article has
           multiple To:, Followup-To: or Newsgroups:-headers
      BUG. possible buffer overflow in find_reply_to_addr
      BUG. f'up to an article without a message-id (possible in mailgroups)
           crashes
      BUG. hypothetic missing string termination
      BUG. need to convert utf8pass to network charset unconditionally in
           do_authinfo_sasl_plain
      FIX. active.c, art.c, auth.c, config.c, filter.c, group.c, help.c
           inews.c, init.c, keymap.c, lang.c, main.c, makecfg.c, mimetypes.c
           misc.c, nntplib.c, options_menu.c, page.c, post.c, pgp.c, rfc1524.c
           rfc2046.c, save.c, select.c, signal.c, string.c, thread.c, wildmat.c
           xface.c, parsdate.y, extern.h, keymap.h, nntplib.h, proto.h, tin.h
           tin.1, tin.5, config.guess, config.sub, configure[.in]
   2022-11-23 17:21:30 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (1878) | Package updated
Log message:
massive revision bump after textproc/icu update
   2022-06-28 13:38:00 by Thomas Klausner | Files touched by this commit (3952)
Log message:
*: recursive bump for perl 5.36