BSD Portsnews/tin 2.6.5 OpenBSD
threaded NNTP- and spool-based UseNet newsreader
- System
- OpenBSD
- Repository
- OpenBSD ports
- Maintainer
- The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <[email protected]>
- Categories
- news
Description
tin is a full-screen user-friendly Usenet newsreader. It can read news locally or remotely via a NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol) server.
In the other systems
The newest version among them is 2.6.6, as upstream numbers it.
| System | Port | Version | Vulnerabilities | Status | Maintainer | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenBSD | news/tin | 2.6.5 behind since 2026-08-24 | no data | - | The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <[email protected]> | - |
| FreeBSD | news/tin | 2.6.6 newest | none known | - | [email protected] | 2026-08-24 |
| NetBSD | news/tin | 2.6.5 behind since 2026-08-24 | none known | - | [email protected] | - |
| DragonFly | news/tin | 2.6.4_1 behind since 2026-08-24 | none known | - | [email protected] | - |
| MidnightBSD | news/tin | 2.6.6 newest | no data | - | [email protected] | 2026-09-20 |
| HardenedBSD | news/tin | 2.6.6 newest | no data | - | [email protected] | - |
| GhostBSD | news/tin | 2.6.6 newest | no data | - | [email protected] | - |
Install
Binary package:
pkg_add tinFrom the ports tree:
cd /usr/ports/news/tin && make installDependency 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 1
Run dependencies 4
No port depends on this one.