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c-ares Asynchronous DNS resolver library
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Maintainer: diizzy@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2006-07-14 07:05:28
Last Update: 2025-04-16 21:16:45
Commit Hash: 156687a
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License: MIT
WWW:
https://c-ares.haxx.se/
Description:
This is c-ares, an asynchronous resolver library. It is intended for applications which need to perform DNS queries without blocking, or need to perform multiple DNS queries in parallel. The primary examples of such applications are servers which communicate with multiple clients and programs with graphical user interfaces.
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Manual pages:
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/c-ares-1.34.5/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/c-ares-1.34.5/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/c-ares-1.34.5/MIT
  5. bin/adig
  6. bin/ahost
  7. include/ares.h
  8. include/ares_build.h
  9. include/ares_dns.h
  10. include/ares_dns_record.h
  11. include/ares_nameser.h
  12. include/ares_version.h
  13. lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-config-version.cmake
  14. lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-config.cmake
  15. lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-targets-release.cmake
  16. lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-targets.cmake
  17. @comment lib/libcares.a
  18. lib/libcares.so
  19. lib/libcares.so.2
  20. lib/libcares.so.2.19.4
  21. libdata/pkgconfig/libcares.pc
  22. share/man/man1/adig.1.gz
  23. share/man/man1/ahost.1.gz
  24. share/man/man3/ares_cancel.3.gz
  25. share/man/man3/ares_create_query.3.gz
  26. share/man/man3/ares_destroy.3.gz
  27. share/man/man3/ares_destroy_options.3.gz
  28. share/man/man3/ares_dns_class_fromstr.3.gz
  29. share/man/man3/ares_dns_class_t.3.gz
  30. share/man/man3/ares_dns_class_tostr.3.gz
  31. share/man/man3/ares_dns_datatype_t.3.gz
  32. share/man/man3/ares_dns_flags_t.3.gz
  33. share/man/man3/ares_dns_mapping.3.gz
  34. share/man/man3/ares_dns_opcode_t.3.gz
  35. share/man/man3/ares_dns_opcode_tostr.3.gz
  36. share/man/man3/ares_dns_opt_datatype_t.3.gz
  37. share/man/man3/ares_dns_opt_get_datatype.3.gz
  38. share/man/man3/ares_dns_opt_get_name.3.gz
  39. share/man/man3/ares_dns_parse.3.gz
  40. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rcode_t.3.gz
  41. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rcode_tostr.3.gz
  42. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rec_type_fromstr.3.gz
  43. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rec_type_t.3.gz
  44. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rec_type_tostr.3.gz
  45. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record.3.gz
  46. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_create.3.gz
  47. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_destroy.3.gz
  48. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_duplicate.3.gz
  49. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_get_flags.3.gz
  50. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_get_id.3.gz
  51. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_get_opcode.3.gz
  52. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_get_rcode.3.gz
  53. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_query_add.3.gz
  54. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_query_cnt.3.gz
  55. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_query_get.3.gz
  56. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_query_set_name.3.gz
  57. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_query_set_type.3.gz
  58. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_rr_add.3.gz
  59. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_rr_cnt.3.gz
  60. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_rr_del.3.gz
  61. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_rr_get.3.gz
  62. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_rr_get_const.3.gz
  63. share/man/man3/ares_dns_record_set_id.3.gz
  64. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr.3.gz
  65. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_add_abin.3.gz
  66. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_del_abin.3.gz
  67. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_del_opt_byid.3.gz
  68. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_abin.3.gz
  69. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_abin_cnt.3.gz
  70. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_addr.3.gz
  71. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_addr6.3.gz
  72. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_bin.3.gz
  73. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_class.3.gz
  74. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_keys.3.gz
  75. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_name.3.gz
  76. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_opt.3.gz
  77. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_opt_byid.3.gz
  78. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_opt_cnt.3.gz
  79. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_str.3.gz
  80. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_ttl.3.gz
  81. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_type.3.gz
  82. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_u16.3.gz
  83. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_u32.3.gz
  84. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_get_u8.3.gz
  85. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_key_datatype.3.gz
  86. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_key_t.3.gz
  87. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_key_to_rec_type.3.gz
  88. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_key_tostr.3.gz
  89. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_addr.3.gz
  90. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_addr6.3.gz
  91. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_bin.3.gz
  92. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_opt.3.gz
  93. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_str.3.gz
  94. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_u16.3.gz
  95. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_u32.3.gz
  96. share/man/man3/ares_dns_rr_set_u8.3.gz
  97. share/man/man3/ares_dns_section_t.3.gz
  98. share/man/man3/ares_dns_section_tostr.3.gz
  99. share/man/man3/ares_dns_write.3.gz
  100. share/man/man3/ares_dup.3.gz
  101. share/man/man3/ares_expand_name.3.gz
  102. share/man/man3/ares_expand_string.3.gz
  103. share/man/man3/ares_fds.3.gz
  104. share/man/man3/ares_free_data.3.gz
  105. share/man/man3/ares_free_hostent.3.gz
  106. share/man/man3/ares_free_string.3.gz
  107. share/man/man3/ares_freeaddrinfo.3.gz
  108. share/man/man3/ares_get_servers.3.gz
  109. share/man/man3/ares_get_servers_csv.3.gz
  110. share/man/man3/ares_get_servers_ports.3.gz
  111. share/man/man3/ares_getaddrinfo.3.gz
  112. share/man/man3/ares_gethostbyaddr.3.gz
  113. share/man/man3/ares_gethostbyname.3.gz
  114. share/man/man3/ares_gethostbyname_file.3.gz
  115. share/man/man3/ares_getnameinfo.3.gz
  116. share/man/man3/ares_getsock.3.gz
  117. share/man/man3/ares_inet_ntop.3.gz
  118. share/man/man3/ares_inet_pton.3.gz
  119. share/man/man3/ares_init.3.gz
  120. share/man/man3/ares_init_options.3.gz
  121. share/man/man3/ares_library_cleanup.3.gz
  122. share/man/man3/ares_library_init.3.gz
  123. share/man/man3/ares_library_init_android.3.gz
  124. share/man/man3/ares_library_initialized.3.gz
  125. share/man/man3/ares_mkquery.3.gz
  126. share/man/man3/ares_opt_param_t.3.gz
  127. share/man/man3/ares_parse_a_reply.3.gz
  128. share/man/man3/ares_parse_aaaa_reply.3.gz
  129. share/man/man3/ares_parse_caa_reply.3.gz
  130. share/man/man3/ares_parse_mx_reply.3.gz
  131. share/man/man3/ares_parse_naptr_reply.3.gz
  132. share/man/man3/ares_parse_ns_reply.3.gz
  133. share/man/man3/ares_parse_ptr_reply.3.gz
  134. share/man/man3/ares_parse_soa_reply.3.gz
  135. share/man/man3/ares_parse_srv_reply.3.gz
  136. share/man/man3/ares_parse_txt_reply.3.gz
  137. share/man/man3/ares_parse_uri_reply.3.gz
  138. share/man/man3/ares_process.3.gz
  139. share/man/man3/ares_process_fd.3.gz
  140. share/man/man3/ares_process_fds.3.gz
  141. share/man/man3/ares_process_pending_write.3.gz
  142. share/man/man3/ares_query_dnsrec.3.gz
  143. share/man/man3/ares_query.3.gz
  144. share/man/man3/ares_queue.3.gz
  145. share/man/man3/ares_queue_active_queries.3.gz
  146. share/man/man3/ares_queue_wait_empty.3.gz
  147. share/man/man3/ares_reinit.3.gz
  148. share/man/man3/ares_save_options.3.gz
  149. share/man/man3/ares_search.3.gz
  150. share/man/man3/ares_search_dnsrec.3.gz
  151. share/man/man3/ares_send.3.gz
  152. share/man/man3/ares_send_dnsrec.3.gz
  153. share/man/man3/ares_set_local_dev.3.gz
  154. share/man/man3/ares_set_local_ip4.3.gz
  155. share/man/man3/ares_set_local_ip6.3.gz
  156. share/man/man3/ares_set_pending_write_cb.3.gz
  157. share/man/man3/ares_set_server_state_callback.3.gz
  158. share/man/man3/ares_set_servers.3.gz
  159. share/man/man3/ares_set_servers_csv.3.gz
  160. share/man/man3/ares_set_servers_ports.3.gz
  161. share/man/man3/ares_set_servers_ports_csv.3.gz
  162. share/man/man3/ares_set_socket_callback.3.gz
  163. share/man/man3/ares_set_socket_configure_callback.3.gz
  164. share/man/man3/ares_set_socket_functions.3.gz
  165. share/man/man3/ares_set_socket_functions_ex.3.gz
  166. share/man/man3/ares_set_sortlist.3.gz
  167. share/man/man3/ares_strerror.3.gz
  168. share/man/man3/ares_svcb_param_t.3.gz
  169. share/man/man3/ares_threadsafety.3.gz
  170. share/man/man3/ares_timeout.3.gz
  171. share/man/man3/ares_tlsa_match_t.3.gz
  172. share/man/man3/ares_tlsa_selector_t.3.gz
  173. share/man/man3/ares_tlsa_usage_t.3.gz
  174. share/man/man3/ares_version.3.gz
  175. @owner
  176. @group
  177. @mode
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Dependency lines:
  • c-ares>0:dns/c-ares
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/dns/c-ares/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install dns/c-ares
  • pkg install c-ares
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: c-ares
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1744143945 SHA256 (c-ares-1.34.5.tar.gz) = 7d935790e9af081c25c495fd13c2cfcda4792983418e96358ef6e7320ee06346 SIZE (c-ares-1.34.5.tar.gz) = 1009261
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
c-ares
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest1.34.4_11.34.4_11.16.11.34.4_11.34.5-1.16.1-
FreeBSD:13:quarterly1.34.41.34.4_11.19.11.34.41.34.4_11.24.01.24.01.24.0
FreeBSD:14:latest1.34.41.34.51.18.1_11.34.41.34.51.19.1-1.19.1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.34.41.34.4_1-1.34.41.34.4_11.24.01.24.01.24.0
FreeBSD:15:latest1.34.41.34.4_1n/a1.34.4n/a1.25.0_11.25.0_11.27.0
Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. cmake : devel/cmake-core
  2. ninja : devel/ninja
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. databases/mongosh
  2. devel/py-gevent
  3. www/nghttp2
  4. www/node18
  5. www/node20
  6. www/node22
  7. www/node23

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. www/node10*
  2. www/node12*
  3. www/node14*
  4. www/node16*
  5. www/node19*
  6. www/node21*
  7. www/node6*
  8. www/node8*
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for Libraries
  1. databases/arrow
  2. databases/mongosh
  3. devel/google-cloud-cpp
  4. devel/grpc
  5. devel/py-gevent
  6. devel/py-grpcio
  7. devel/py-grpcio-tools
Expand this list (55 items / 48 hidden - sorry, this count includes any deleted ports)
  1. Collapse this list).
  2. dns/https_dns_proxy
  3. games/bzflag
  4. games/bzflag-server
  5. irc/ircproxy
  6. irc/unreal
  7. mail/greylite
  8. net/frr10
  9. net/frr8
  10. net/frr9
  11. net/megacmd
  12. net/mosquitto
  13. net/sipsak
  14. net/wireshark
  15. net-mgmt/xymon-server
  16. security/bitwarden-cli
  17. security/sssd2
  18. security/zeek
  19. www/envoy
  20. www/nghttp2
  21. www/node18
  22. www/node20
  23. www/node22
  24. www/node23
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. devel/google-cloud-cpp117*
  2. devel/grpc130*
  3. devel/grpc134*
  4. devel/grpc142*
  5. devel/grpc_old*
  6. net/ecore-con*
  7. net/frr7*
  8. net/rubygem-grpc124*
  9. net/rubygem-grpc130*
  10. net/rubygem-grpc142*
  11. net/shadowsocks-libev*
  12. net/tshark*
  13. net/tshark-lite*
  14. net/wireshark-lite*
  15. security/sssd*
  16. security/sssd-devel*
  17. www/node10*
  18. www/node12*
  19. www/node14*
  20. www/node16*
  21. www/node19*
  22. www/node21*
  23. www/node6*
  24. www/node7*
  25. www/node8*
  26. Collapse this list of deleted ports.
for Run
  1. security/zeek
Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for c-ares-1.34.5: STATIC=off: Build static executables and/or libraries TEST=off: Build and/or run tests ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
dns_c-ares
USES:
cmake pathfix
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/v1.34.5/
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