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gnome-pty-helper utmp/wtmp/lastlog helper program for the vte Terminal widget
0.40.2_1 x11-toolkits Σ=3 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 0.40.2_1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: gnome@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2013-12-08 09:55:54
Last Update: 2026-04-16 09:23:46
Commit Hash: 5c4bece
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Also Listed In: gnome
License: LGPL21
WWW:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte
Description: #
Gnome-pty-helper is a backend executable that provides access to the utmp and wtmp files for vte-based terminal applications such as gnome-terminal.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb

Manual pages: #
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/gnome-pty-helper-0.40.2_1/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/gnome-pty-helper-0.40.2_1/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/gnome-pty-helper-0.40.2_1/LGPL21
  4. @(root,wheel,4755) libexec/gnome-pty-helper
  5. @owner
  6. @group
  7. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • gnome-pty-helper>0:x11-toolkits/gnome-pty-helper
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/gnome-pty-helper/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install x11-toolkits/gnome-pty-helper
  • pkg install gnome-pty-helper
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: gnome-pty-helper
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port. #
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1657130052 SHA256 (gnome/vte-0.40.2.tar.xz) = 9b68fbc16b27f2d79e6271f2b0708808594ac5acf979d0fccea118608199fd2d SIZE (gnome/vte-0.40.2.tar.xz) = 923852
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
gnome-pty-helper
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest0.40.2_10.40.2_10.40.20.40.20.40.2_1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly0.40.2_10.40.2_1-0.40.20.40.2_1
FreeBSD:15:latest0.40.2_10.40.2_1n/a0.40.2n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly0.40.2_10.40.2_1n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest0.40.2_10.40.2_1n/a-n/a
Dependencies #
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies: #
  1. gnutls>=0 : security/gnutls
  2. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
This port is required by: #
for Run #
  1. x11-toolkits/vte

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. x11-toolkits/py-vte*
  2. x11-toolkits/vte290*
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Configuration Options: #
No options to configure
Options name: #
x11-toolkits_gnome-pty-helper
USES: #
gmake tar:xz
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message #
Master Sites: #
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  1. https://download.gnome.org/sources/vte/0.40/
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Number of commits found: 11 #

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
0.40.2_1
16 Apr 2026 09:23:46
commit hash: 5c4becec0bf0da9e5b9e8adf00657ee62b213fddcommit hash: 5c4becec0bf0da9e5b9e8adf00657ee62b213fddcommit hash: 5c4becec0bf0da9e5b9e8adf00657ee62b213fddcommit hash: 5c4becec0bf0da9e5b9e8adf00657ee62b213fdd files touched by this commit		 Don Lewis (truckman) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Chris Hutchinson		 
x11-toolkits/gnome-pty-helper: add LICENSE

Add (missing) LICENSE for x11-toolkits/gnome-pty-helper

Pet portlint and portclippy. (truckman)

Add WWW (truckman)

Remove USE_LDCONFIG (truckman)

PR:		279060
0.40.2
10 Jun 2025 11:02:34
commit hash: a0ce779c88e46d0f5f05bd5753365344282ccd7acommit hash: a0ce779c88e46d0f5f05bd5753365344282ccd7acommit hash: a0ce779c88e46d0f5f05bd5753365344282ccd7acommit hash: a0ce779c88e46d0f5f05bd5753365344282ccd7a files touched by this commit		 Baptiste Daroussin (bapt) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Olivier Duchateau		 
Mk/bsd.sites.mk: Simplify MASTER_SITES= GNOME

Since GNOME changes their numbering, in some Makefile MASTER_SITES= GNOME is
more complex. This patch simplify for users.

Differential Revision:		https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43183
0.40.2
20 Jul 2022 14:23:40
commit hash: 71b6a9f9c7b4d46953a1ce59dc242f0ba1c28f17commit hash: 71b6a9f9c7b4d46953a1ce59dc242f0ba1c28f17commit hash: 71b6a9f9c7b4d46953a1ce59dc242f0ba1c28f17commit hash: 71b6a9f9c7b4d46953a1ce59dc242f0ba1c28f17 files touched by this commit		 Tobias C. Berner (tcberner) search for other commits by this committer 
x11-toolkits: remove 'Created by' lines

A big Thank You to the original contributors of these ports:

  *  1wardd@airmail.net
  *  Alexander Kabaev <ak03@gte.com>
  *  Alexander Novitsky <alecn2002@yandex.ru>
  *  Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Andreas Kohn <andreas@syndrom23.de>
  *  Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Anton Berezin <tobez@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Brian Buchanan <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
  *  Cezary Morga <cm@therek.net>
  *  Cheng-Lung Sung <clsung@FreeBSD.org>
  *  Danilo Egea Gondolfo <danilo@FreeBSD.org>
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0.40.2
06 Jul 2022 17:58:28
commit hash: 3510197e3ef3fde98da16f9610e7be0a3ee9b183commit hash: 3510197e3ef3fde98da16f9610e7be0a3ee9b183commit hash: 3510197e3ef3fde98da16f9610e7be0a3ee9b183commit hash: 3510197e3ef3fde98da16f9610e7be0a3ee9b183 files touched by this commit		 Neel Chauhan (nc) search for other commits by this committer 
x11-toolkits/gnome-pty-helper: Use 'gnome' dir not 'gnome3'
0.40.2
06 Apr 2021 14:31:07
commit hash: 305f148f482daf30dcf728039d03d019f88344ebcommit hash: 305f148f482daf30dcf728039d03d019f88344ebcommit hash: 305f148f482daf30dcf728039d03d019f88344ebcommit hash: 305f148f482daf30dcf728039d03d019f88344eb files touched by this commit		 Mathieu Arnold (mat) search for other commits by this committer 
Remove # $FreeBSD$ from Makefiles.
0.40.2
11 Jan 2017 10:08:38
Revision:431169Original commit files touched by this commit		 amdmi3 search for other commits by this committer 
- Remove always-true/false conditions after FreeBSD 9, 10.1, 10.2 EOL

Approved by:	portmgr blanket
0.40.2
01 Apr 2016 14:33:58
Revision:412351Original commit files touched by this commit		 mat search for other commits by this committer 
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories v, w, x, y, and z.

With hat:	portmgr
Sponsored by:	Absolight
0.40.2
08 Feb 2016 10:38:53
Revision:408471Original commit files touched by this commit		 kwm search for other commits by this committer 
Turn gnome-pty-helper into a stand-alone port. Copy parts of the vte3
Makefile and the patches from the current vte3 port.

The next update of the vte3 port to 0.42.x doesn't bundle this code anymore.

Obtained from:	gnome devel repo
0.40.2
05 Aug 2015 19:13:26
Revision:393607Original commit files touched by this commit Sanity Test Failure		 kwm search for other commits by this committer 
The FreeBSD GNOME team proudly presents GNOME 3.16 for FreeBSD.

The offical GNOME 3.16 release notes can be found at
https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.16/

Upgrade instructions for port users:

Delete the old tracker package with:
# pkg delete -f tracker
And user port upgrade tool of choice to upgrade.

Thanks to Antoine Brodin for running the exp-runs.

This release was made possible by the following people:
  Gustau Perez
  Ting-Wei_Lan

PR:		201980
0.34.7
19 Sep 2014 18:39:01
Revision:368587Original commit files touched by this commit		 tijl search for other commits by this committer 
Remove USES=pathfix (already set by master port)
0.34.7
08 Dec 2013 09:55:41
Revision:335873Original commit files touched by this commit		 kwm search for other commits by this committer 
Add vte3, the Gtk 3 version of the vte terminal widget.
Split off gnome-pty-helper from vte to allow both versions of vte to be
installed at the same time.
Update comment to make it clearer which gtk+ version it is for.
Enable introspection bindings in vte.

Obtained from:	GNOME dev repo.

Number of commits found: 11

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