Recent Package Updates
2025-12-04: claws-mail-3.14.0-4 (GTK+ based lightweight and fast e-mail client)
Claws Mail is a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client and
newsreader. Supports POP3, APOP, IMAP, SMTP, SMTP AUTH, NNTP, LDAP,
multiple accounts, spell-checking, addressbook, SSL, GPG, filtering,
i18n, & more. It is further extended by plugins.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
claws-mail: libtool fix (NB: still FTBFS due to too-old glib)2025-12-04: libetpan17-shlibs-1.7-6 (Mail handling library)
Portable, efficient framework for different kinds of mail access:
IMAP, SMTP, POP and NNTP.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
libetpan: fix dep detections2025-12-04: libgpgme11-1.9-shlibs-1.24.1-1 (Application access library for GnuPG)
Application access library for GnuPG
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
libgpgme11-1.9: fix disabling of tests2025-12-04: bison-legacy-2.7.1-2 (Parser generator)
Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts a grammar
description for an LALR context-free grammar into a C program to parse
that grammar. Once you are proficient with Bison, you can use it to
develop a wide range of language parsers, from those used in simple
desk calculators to complex programming languages.
Some packages need a bison which is newer than what Apple provides even on
Mountain Lion, but yet still have .y sources that are too loose in syntax
for bison-3.0. %n exists to handle these cases.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
bison-legacy: scrap java for testing (NB: still fails self-tests)2025-12-03: alpine-2.26-1 (Text based tool for managing emails)
Alpine is a fast, easy to use email client that is suitable for both the
inexperienced email user as well as for the most demanding of power users.
Alpine is based on the Pine(r) Message System, which was also developed at the
University of Washington. Alpine can be learned by exploration and the use of
context-sensitive help. The user experience is highly customizable through the
use of the Alpine Setup command.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
alpine: new version, build-fixes, libdep bumps2025-12-02: gnupg-unified-1.4.23-5 (Gnu privacy guard - A Free PGP replacement)
GnuPG is GNU's tool for secure communication and data
storage. It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital
signatures. It includes an advanced key management facility and is
compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in
RFC2440.
This package contains the IDEA and RSA algorithms, which were
patented. Now that these patents have expired, they can be included
without separate restriction:
Patent on RSA expired 2000-09-20
Patents on IDEA have expired:
Europe: EP0482154 on 2011-05-16
Japan: JP3225440 on 2011-05-16
U.S.: 5,214,703 on 2012-01-07
so we have a "unified" gnupg in fink.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
gnupg-unified: the usual new-gcc fixes; also bump openldap2025-12-02: libevent1.4-shlibs-1.4.15-4 (Event notification library, version 1.4)
The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when
a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been
reached. Furthermore, libevent also supports callbacks due to signals or
regular timeouts.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
libevent*: build-fixes, python-interp management2025-12-02: libevent2.1-shlibs-2.1.8-7 (Event notification library, version 2)
The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when
a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been
reached. Furthermore, libevent also supports callbacks due to signals or
regular timeouts.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
libevent*: build-fixes, python-interp management2025-12-02: libevent2.1.7-shlibs-2.1.12-3 (Event notification library, version 2)
The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when
a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been
reached. Furthermore, libevent also supports callbacks due to signals or
regular timeouts.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
libevent*: build-fixes, python-interp management2025-12-02: postfix-2.11.0-1 (Mail transfer agent that's fast and secure)
Postfix is Wietse Venema's mailer that started life as an alternative to
the widely-used Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to
administer, and secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible
enough to not upset existing users. Thus, the outside has a sendmail-ish
flavor, but the inside is completely different.
This package provides TLS encryption and SASL authentication.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
postfix: 'new' version; ldap bump2025-12-02: sylpheed-3.7.0-2 (GTK+ based lightweight and fast e-mail client)
Sylpheed is an e-mail client (and news reader) based on GTK+, running on
X Window System, and aiming for
* Quick response
* Graceful, and sophisticated interface
* Easy configuration, intuitive operation
* Abundant features
The appearance and interface are similar to some popular e-mail clients for
Windows, such as Outlook Express, Becky!, and Datula. The interface is also
designed to emulate the mailers on Emacsen, and almost all commands are
accessible with the keyboard.
The messages are managed by MH format, and you'll be able to use it together
with another mailer based on MH format (like Mew). You can also utilize
fetchmail or/and procmail, and external programs on receiving (like inc or
imget).
Note: Now includes ssl capabilty.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
sylpheed: openldap bump2025-12-02: postfix-ldap-2.11.0-1 (Mail transfer agent that's fast and secure)
Postfix is Wietse Venema's mailer that started life as an alternative to
the widely-used Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to
administer, and secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible
enough to not upset existing users. Thus, the outside has a sendmail-ish
flavor, but the inside is completely different.
This package provides TLS encryption and SASL authentication.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
postfix: 'new' version; ldap bump2025-12-02: libpcre2-10.47-1 (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions Library)
The PCRE2 library is a set of functions that implement regular expression
pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as PerlJ5. PCRE2 has
its own native API, as well as a set of wrapper functions that correspond
to the POSIX regular expression API.
%N has a different API from libpcre1 and all files have new names, so it
can safely coexist with libpcre1. Packages cannot use %N unless they have
been adapted to do so.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
libpcre2: new version2025-12-02: postfix-mysql-ldap-2.11.0-1 (Mail transfer agent that's fast and secure)
Postfix is Wietse Venema's mailer that started life as an alternative to
the widely-used Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to
administer, and secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible
enough to not upset existing users. Thus, the outside has a sendmail-ish
flavor, but the inside is completely different.
This package provides TLS encryption and SASL authentication.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
postfix: 'new' version; ldap bump2025-12-02: postfix-mysql-2.11.0-1 (Mail transfer agent that's fast and secure)
Postfix is Wietse Venema's mailer that started life as an alternative to
the widely-used Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to
administer, and secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible
enough to not upset existing users. Thus, the outside has a sendmail-ish
flavor, but the inside is completely different.
This package provides TLS encryption and SASL authentication.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
postfix: 'new' version; ldap bump2025-12-01: openldap24-2.4.59-3 (LDAP directory services implementation)
OpenLDAP is an open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol. The suite includes:
* slapd - stand-alone LDAP server
* slurpd - stand-alone LDAP replication server
* libraries implementing the LDAP protocol, and
* utilities, tools, and sample clients.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
openldap24: fix autoconf for compiler strictness2025-12-01: openldap26-2.6.10-1 (LDAP directory services implementation)
OpenLDAP is an open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol. The suite includes:
* slapd - stand-alone LDAP server
* slurpd - stand-alone LDAP replication server
* libraries implementing the LDAP protocol, and
* utilities, tools, and sample clients.
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
openldap26: new version2025-12-01: libheif1-shlibs-1.20.2-1 (HEIF (HEVC, h.265) decoder/encoder)
HEIF (HEVC, h.265) decoder/encoder
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
libheif: missed Dist:14.42025-12-01: po4a-0.47-301 (Tools for helping translation of docs)
The po4a (PO for anything) project goal is to ease translations (and more
interestingly, the maintenance of translations) using gettext tools on areas
where they were not expected like documentation.
This package contains the main libraries of po4a, and the following
sub-modules:
- Dia: uncompressed Dia diagrams.
- INI: the INI format
- KernelHelp: Help messages of each kernel compilation option.
- LaTeX: generic TeX or LaTeX format.
- Man: either roff or mdoc format.
- POD: Perl documentation format.
- SGML: either DebianDoc or DocBook DTD.
- Texinfo: the info page format.
- XML: very configurable (preconfigured for DocBook, XHTML, Guide, WML).
commit log from Daniel Macks ([email protected]):
po4a: needs Pod::Parser to build2025-11-30: fink-buildenv-modules-0.1.12-1 (Script for getting common buildtime values)
Helper scripts to automatically set variables commonly used during the
building of a Fink package (system version, Xcode release, SDK path, etc).
Using these scripts helps to prevent reinventing the wheel whenever such a
setting needs to be calculated.
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser ([email protected]):
fink-buildenv-modules: v0.1.122025-11-30: ncview-2.1.11-1 (Graphical display of NetCDF files)
Ncview is a visual browser for netCDF format files. Typically you would use
ncview to get a quick and easy, push-button look at your netCDF files. You
can view simple movies of the data, view along various dimensions, take a
look at the actual data values, change color maps, invert the data, etc.
commit log from Povl Abrahamsen ([email protected]):
ncview: bump netcdf version
