This is ser2net, a program for allowing network connections to serial
ports. See the man page for information about using the program.
Note that ser2net supports RFC 2217 (remote control of serial port
parameters), but you must have a compliant client. The only one I
know if is kermit (http://www.columbia.edu/kermit).
===> The following configuration options are available for ser2net-4.6.5:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Upgrading from before 4.6.4, old ser2net configuration is not supported anymore.
You must convert the existing configuration into the new YAML format.
See ser2net.yaml.sample and ser2net.yaml manpage for more details.
Additional resources can be found on the following wiki page:
https://wiki.freebsd.org/RodrigoOsorio/HowTo/Ser2Net
Reason:
ser2net 4.6.4 doesn't support 3.5.1 configuration which has to be
converted over to use new YAML syntax.
Please see the examples on ser2net.yaml sample configuration and
read the ser2net.yaml manpage on how to configure the new version.
Additional links and resources have been provided on the pkg-message.
comms/ser2net: update to 4.6.4 and take maintainership
Changelog: https://sourceforge.net/p/ser2net/news
Major changes since 3.5.1 (2017)
* massive rewrite of ser2net
* Configuration has been converted over to use YAML
* supports encrypted and authenticated connections using
gensio gtlssh
* ability to "connect back" to a remote address data comes
in on a device
* new gensio dependency to manage data streams, SSL,
TELNET and so
* add mDNS support
* DSR/RTS line controls on the serialdev gensio
(Only the first 15 lines of the commit message are shown above )
Remove WWW entries moved into port Makefiles
Commit b7f05445c00f has added WWW entries to port Makefiles based on
WWW: lines in pkg-descr files.
This commit removes the WWW: lines of moved-over URLs from these
pkg-descr files.
Approved by: portmgr (tcberner)
Add WWW entries to port Makefiles
It has been common practice to have one or more URLs at the end of the
ports' pkg-descr files, one per line and prefixed with "WWW:". These
URLs should point at a project website or other relevant resources.
Access to these URLs required processing of the pkg-descr files, and
they have often become stale over time. If more than one such URL was
present in a pkg-descr file, only the first one was tarnsfered into
the port INDEX, but for many ports only the last line did contain the
port specific URL to further information.
There have been several proposals to make a project URL available as
a macro in the ports' Makefiles, over time.
(Only the first 15 lines of the commit message are shown above )
comms: remove 'Created by' lines
A big Thank You to the original contributors of these ports:
* 'Big Bad Bob' Frazier <bobf@mrp3.com>
* <mr@freebsd.org>
* Alex Samorukov <samm@freebsd.org>
* Alexander Logvinov <ports@logvinov.com>
* Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
* Anders Nordby <anders@FreeBSD.org>
* Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
* Andrew Dolgov <fox@furry.spb.ru>
* Andrey Lykhin <lan31@inbox.ru>
* Anton Voronin <anton@urc.ac.ru>
* Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <allbery@ece.cmu.edu>
(Only the first 15 lines of the commit message are shown above )
In the rc.d scripts, change assignments to rcvar to use the
literal name_enable wherever possible, and ${name}_enable
when it's not, to prepare for the demise of set_rcvar().
In cases where I had to hand-edit unusual instances also
modify formatting slightly to be more uniform (and in
some cases, correct). This includes adding some $FreeBSD$
tags, and most importantly moving rcvar= to right after
name= so it's clear that one is derived from the other.
Fix a few "bad example" problems in the rc.d scripts that have been
propogated by copy and paste.
1. Primarily the "empty variable" default assignment, which is mostly
${name}_flags="", but fix a few others as well.
2. Where they are not already documented, add the existence of the _flags
(or other deleted empties) option to the comments, and in some cases add
comments from scratch.
3. Replace things that look like:
prefix=%%PREFIX%%
command=${prefix}/sbin/foo
to just use %%PREFIX%%. In many cases the $prefix variable is only used
once, and in some cases it is not used at all.
4. In a few cases remove ${name}_flags from command_args
5. Remove a long-stale comment about putting the port's rc.d script in
/etc/rc.d (which is no longer necessary).
No PORTREVISION bumps because all of these changes are noops.
Add port comms/ser2net:
This is ser2net, a program for allowing network connections to serial
ports. See the man page for information about using the program.
Note that ser2net supports RFC 2217 (remote control of serial port
parameters), but you must have a complient client. The only one I
know if is kermit (http://www.columbia.edu/kermit).
WWW: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/ser2net/
Submitted by: Devon H. O'Dell <devon.odell@coyotepoint.com>
