FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion
linimon at FreeBSD.org
linimon at FreeBSD.org
Sat Nov 12 15:11:05 PST 2005
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of problems in
the FreeBSD ports system, we periodically schedule removal of ports
that have been judged to have outlived their usefulness. Often,
this is due to a better alternative having become available and/or
the cessation of development on the existing port. In some cases,
ports are marked for removal because they fail to build and install
correctly from their sources, or otherwise fail in operation.
The ports, and the reason and date that they have been scheduled
for removal, are listed below. If no one has stepped forward before
that time to propose a way to fix the problems, the ports will be
deleted.
The goal of this posting is to make this process much more visible
to the wider FreeBSD community.
portname: archivers/szip
description: A fast compression utility
maintainer: ip at doom.homeunix.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=archivers&portname=szip
portname: audio/aureal-kmod
description: A FreeBSD Driver for Aureal Vortex based soundcards
maintainer: ports at matey.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=audio&portname=aureal-kmod
portname: audio/mziq
description: A Perl frontend to mpg123
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=audio&portname=mziq
portname: audio/radio
description: Radio over the Internet
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=audio&portname=radio
portname: audio/xmms-cdparanoia
description: Cdparanoia plugin for XMMS
maintainer: dyeske at yahoo.com
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2006-01-08
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=audio&portname=xmms-cdparanoia
portname: biology/L-Breeder
description: Allows you to display and breed L-system forms
maintainer: dyeske at yahoo.com
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/sparc64-errorlogs/e.5.2005042909/L-Breeder-1.0_4.log (Oct 10 14:34:33 UTC 2005)
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=biology&portname=L-Breeder
portname: biology/chemeq
description: Outputs LaTeX code for chemical reaction
maintainer: rmiya at cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=biology&portname=chemeq
portname: biology/deft
description: Density functional molecular orbital calculation
maintainer: rmiya at cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=biology&portname=deft
portname: biology/flip
description: Flip is used to find/translate orfs
maintainer: tonym at biolateral.com.au
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=biology&portname=flip
portname: chinese/cdict5
description: Chinese-English / English-Chinese dictionary
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: IGNORE
deprecated because: cdict5-file.tgz does not exist anymore
expiration date: 2005-12-29
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=chinese&portname=cdict5
portname: chinese/chinput2
description: Another Chinese GB2312 and Big5 X11 input server
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=chinese&portname=chinput2
portname: chinese/ve
description: NTHU-CS Maple BBS 2.36 BBS-like editor
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=chinese&portname=ve
portname: chinese/wangttf
description: Many Chinese Big5 TrueType fonts, made by Dr.
Hann-Tzong Wang
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by
author"
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/sparc64-errorlogs/e.5.2005042909/zh-wangttf-1.3.log (Oct 9 08:28:06 UTC 2005)
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=chinese&portname=wangttf
portname: comms/birda
description: Bohlin's IrDA utilities, ported from NetBSD's pkgsrc
maintainer: allbery at ece.cmu.edu
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=comms&portname=birda
portname: comms/qtpcr
description: Software that controls the ICOM PCR-1000 Receiver
maintainer: esn at x123.info
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/sparc64-errorlogs/e.5.2005042909/qtpcr-1.1.3_1.log (Oct 9 10:25:40 UTC 2005)
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=comms&portname=qtpcr
portname: comms/vpb2
description: User mode API for Voicetronix 4 port analog DSP
telephony cards
maintainer: dyfet at gnu.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=comms&portname=vpb2
portname: databases/gnats
description: Cygnus GNATS bug tracking system
maintainer: ceri at FreeBSD.org
status: FORBIDDEN
deprecated because: Security issues
expiration date: 2004-08-20
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=databases&portname=gnats
portname: deskutils/gdesklets-ltvariations
description: A collection of sensors and displays
maintainer: tim at bishnet.net
deprecated because: Project is dead and unfetchable since 2004
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=deskutils&portname=gdesklets-ltvariations
portname: deskutils/journal
description: Journal is a tool for replacing the traditional
text-based diary
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/sparc64-errorlogs/e.5.2005042909/journal-0.4.log (Oct 11 04:40:59 UTC 2005)
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=deskutils&portname=journal
portname: devel/cedet-emacs20
description: Collection of Emacs Development Environment Tools
maintainer: dryice at liu.com.cn
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: no longer supported
expiration date: 2005-11-30
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=cedet-emacs20
portname: devel/gvd
description: GNU Visual Debugger, a graphical front-end to gdb and
jdb
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: GVD is now integrated as part of GPS, the GNAT
Programming System. No further releases of GVD stand
alone will be made.
expiration date: 2005-12-01
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=gvd
portname: devel/libzt
description: Collection of utility code for C application/server
development
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=libzt
portname: devel/py-ansistyle
description: Add ANSI color capability to output streams
maintainer: whitekid at gmail.com
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: this ports was deprecated. please use devel/py-ll-core
expiration date: 2005-12-29
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.5.2005042501/py24-ansistyle-0.6.1.log (Oct 31 02:49:35 UTC 2005)
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=py-ansistyle
portname: devel/py-ll-url
description: RFC2396 implementation of URLs and file like classes
for URLs
maintainer: whitekid at gmail.com
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: this ports was deprecated. please use devel/py-ll-core
expiration date: 2005-12-29
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.5.2005042501/py24-ll-url-0.15.1.log (Oct 31 02:49:22 UTC 2005)
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=py-ll-url
portname: devel/ruby-mock
description: An RUnit extention that makes it very easy to
implement Mock Objects
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-01-10
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=ruby-mock
portname: devel/ruby-nodedump
description: Displays the internal structure of a parsed Ruby
program
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: IGNORE
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2006-01-10
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=devel&portname=ruby-nodedump
portname: graphics/utah-glx
description: A hardware OpenGL support for XFree86 X-Servers
maintainer: 3d at FreeBSD.org
status: IGNORE
deprecated because: depends on XFree86-3 and no development since 2003 and
expiration date: 2005-12-05
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=graphics&portname=utah-glx
portname: japanese/balsa
description: A mail reader for the gnome interface (Japanized)
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x
expiration date: 2005-12-09
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=balsa
portname: japanese/ppxp
description: A new and easy to use PPP software
maintainer: nosuzuki at postcard.st
status: FORBIDDEN
deprecated because:
http://vuxml.FreeBSD.org/641e8609-cab5-11d9-9aed-000e0c2e438a.html
expiration date: 2005-11-09
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=ppxp
portname: japanese/tkdesk
description: A graphical, highly configurable and powerful file
manager
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-09
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=japanese&portname=tkdesk
portname: lang/njs
description: NJS (NGS) is a standalone JavaScript/ECMAScript
interpreter
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-09
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=njs
portname: mail/yadda
description: Yet Another Damn Delivery Agent
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=mail&portname=yadda
portname: math/apc
description: An xforms based Auto Payment Calculator
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-09
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=math&portname=apc
portname: misc/bestfit
description: Optimally choose files to be put on a CD (or other
media)
maintainer: enderle at mdn.de
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=bestfit
portname: misc/bottlerocket
description: Home Automation Software for the X10 FireCracker kit
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=bottlerocket
portname: misc/chord2html
description: Convert CHORD input files to HTML
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/sparc64-errorlogs/e.5.2005042909/chord2html-1.3.log (Oct 9 01:47:00 UTC 2005)
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=chord2html
portname: misc/dog
description: Dog writes the contents of each given file, URL, or
stdin
maintainer: rooneg at electricjellyfish.net
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=dog
portname: misc/earthview
description: Produces a view output of an arbitrary region of the
Earth
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=earthview
portname: misc/gkrellm-reminder
description: GKrellM plugin that reminds you of important events
maintainer: pat at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=gkrellm-reminder
portname: misc/gkrellmaflag
description: A GKrellM Plugin that displays a waving American flag
maintainer: pat at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=gkrellmaflag
portname: misc/gkrellweather
description: GKrellWeather is a weather plugin for GKrellM
maintainer: pat at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: dependency GrabWeather does not exist anymore
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=gkrellweather
portname: misc/histring
description: A tool to highlight strings using the ANSI terminal
escape sequences
maintainer: roam at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=histring
portname: misc/linux-edonkey-tool-list
description: Creates a web page with ed2k:// links to all your
shared files
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=linux-edonkey-tool-list
portname: misc/linux-edonkey-tool-recovermet
description: Tool that tries to re-create x.part.met files
compromised due to crash
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=linux-edonkey-tool-recovermet
portname: misc/tkcron
description: A frontend to crontab
maintainer: sander at haldjas.folklore.ee
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=tkcron
portname: misc/wmmand
description: A DockApp mandelbrot explorer
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=wmmand
portname: misc/wmproxyper
description: Displays Distributed.net Personal Proxy current status
and progress
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared, no longer maintained by author
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=wmproxyper
portname: multimedia/bmp-extra-plugins
description: A collection of additional plugins for beep media
player
maintainer: w at wrzask.pl
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=bmp-extra-plugins
portname: net-im/xicq
description: Xtropy's ICQ Client
maintainer: scrappy at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-12
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-im&portname=xicq
portname: net-mgmt/annextools
description: BSD tools for the MicroAnnex-XL Terminal Server
maintainer: bms at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite reorganized, directory not on
ftp.nortel.com
expiration date: 2005-12-12
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-mgmt&portname=annextools
portname: net-mgmt/netqc
description: Network Monitoring System based on Net-Snmp
maintainer: rvasilev at uni-svishtov.bg
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: MySQL versions mismatch: mysql40-client is installed
and wanted version is mysql323-client
expiration date: 2005-12-12
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net-mgmt&portname=netqc
portname: net/4g8
description: 4g8 is a tool that allows you to capture traffic
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: no longer actively maintained, author suggests
ettercap instead
expiration date: 2006-01-12
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=4g8
portname: net/gdesklets-lt-network
description: An LTCandy compatible networkinfo display
maintainer: tim at bishnet.net
deprecated because: Project is dead and unfetchable since 2004
expiration date: 2005-12-31
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=gdesklets-lt-network
portname: net/ppxp
description: A new and easy to use PPP software
maintainer: nosuzuki at postcard.st
status: FORBIDDEN
deprecated because:
http://vuxml.FreeBSD.org/641e8609-cab5-11d9-9aed-000e0c2e438a.html
expiration date: 2005-11-09
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=net&portname=ppxp
portname: polish/sms
description: Send SMS to cellular phones in Poland (Idea, ERA,
Plus)
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
deprecated because: No longer supported, use polish/sms2
expiration date: 2005-12-01
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=polish&portname=sms
portname: print/acroread
description: View, distribute and print PDF documents
maintainer: trevor at FreeBSD.org
status: FORBIDDEN
deprecated because: outdated and has multiple security bugs; use version 7
instead
expiration date: 2006-01-03
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=print&portname=acroread
portname: russian/mtc
description: Multifile text Encoding Converter 1.3
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-09
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=russian&portname=mtc
portname: security/prelude-nids
description: Prelude Network Intrusion Detection System sensor
maintainer: sergei at FreeBSD.org
status: IGNORE
deprecated because: Prelude 0.9.0 and later is using Snort as its default
NIDS sensor
expiration date: 2005-11-21
build errors:
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/sparc64-errorlogs/e.5.2005042909/prelude-nids-0.8.6_1.log (Oct 9 02:01:39 UTC 2005)
http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org/errorlogs/amd64-errorlogs/e.5.2005042501/prelude-nids-0.8.6_1.log (Oct 22 20:14:38 UTC 2005)
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=security&portname=prelude-nids
portname: sysutils/mapchan
description: Implementation of the utility "mapchan" from SCO Unix
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: 1.4 is unfetchable but 2.0 is available from the site
expiration date: 2005-12-09
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=mapchan
portname: textproc/libhtmlparse
description: Simple and fast HTML parsing library for C programs
maintainer: ports at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-09
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=textproc&portname=libhtmlparse
portname: vietnamese/vi2vn
description: Perl script to convert VIQR encoding to other
Vietnamese encodings.
maintainer: obrien at FreeBSD.org
status: BROKEN
deprecated because: mastersite disappeared
expiration date: 2005-12-11
build errors: none.
overview: http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?category=vietnamese&portname=vi2vn
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