BSD Ports

news/slrn 1.0.3p1 OpenBSD

SLang-based newsreader

System
OpenBSD
Repository
OpenBSD ports
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <[email protected]>
Categories
news

Description

slrn (``s-lang read news'') is a newsreader, i.e. a program that accesses a newsserver to read messages from the Internet News service (also known as ``Usenet''). It runs in console mode on various Unix-like systems (including Linux), 32-bit Windows, OS/2, BeOS and VMS.

Beside the usual features of a newsreader, slrn supports scoring rules to highlight, sort or kill articles based on information from their header. It is highly customizable, allows free key-bindings and can easily be extended using the sophisticated s-lang macro language. Offline reading is possible by using either slrnpull (shipped with slrn) or a local newsserver (like leafnode or INN).

In the other systems

The newest version among them is 1.0.4.9, as upstream numbers it.

SystemPortVersionVulnerabilitiesStatusMaintainerLast update
OpenBSDnews/slrn1.0.3p1 behind since 2026-09-20no data-The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <[email protected]>-
FreeBSDnews/slrn1.0.4.9 newestnone known-[email protected]-
NetBSDnews/slrn1.0.3anb4 behind since 2026-09-20none known-[email protected]2026-07-13
DragonFlynews/slrn1.0.3a_2 behind since 2026-09-20none known-[email protected]-
MidnightBSDnews/slrn1.0.4.9 newestno data-[email protected]2026-09-20
HardenedBSDnews/slrn1.0.4.9 newestno data-[email protected]-
GhostBSDnews/slrn1.0.4.9 newestno data-[email protected]-

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Install

Binary package:

pkg_add slrn

From the ports tree:

cd /usr/ports/news/slrn && make install

Dependency graph

Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.

Dependencies

Build dependencies 2
Run dependencies 1

No port depends on this one.