diff --git a/news/newsstar/Makefile b/news/newsstar/Makefile
index 7b8617d84181..21c075cd3db7 100644
--- a/news/newsstar/Makefile
+++ b/news/newsstar/Makefile
@@ -1,91 +1,95 @@
 PORTNAME=	newsstar
 PORTVERSION=	1.5.6
-PORTREVISION=	3
+PORTREVISION=	4
 CATEGORIES=	news
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	mandree@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Transfer news between a local NNTP server (INN, sn, s-news)
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libgdbm.so:databases/gdbm
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	xmlto:textproc/xmlto \
 		${LOCALBASE}/share/xml/docbook/4.5/docbookx.dtd:textproc/docbook-xml
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libgdbm.so:databases/gdbm
 
-GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-USES=		iconv perl5 shebangfix
-SHEBANG_FILES=	newsstar.in
+USES=		iconv ncurses perl5 shebangfix
+IGNORE_SSL=	libressl libressl-devel
+IGNORE_SSL_REASON=GPL linking exeption only provided for OpenSSL
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		SSL DOCS EXAMPLES
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	SSL
+SHEBANG_FILES=	newsstar.in
 
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-chown \
 		--with-conf-dir=${PREFIX}/etc/newsstar \
 		--with-rc-dir=/var/spool/newsstar/lib \
 		--with-incoming-dir=/var/spool/newsstar/incoming
 
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LIBS+=		-L${LOCALBASE}/lib ${ICONV_LIB}
 
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS EXAMPLES SSL
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	SSL
+
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ! ${PORT_OPTIONS:MDOCS}
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-am
 .endif
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MSSL}
 USES+=		ssl
 .else
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-ssl
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if exists(/var/spool/s-news)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-spool-dir=/var/spool/s-news \
 		--with-snews-outgoing-dir=${LOCALBASE}/etc/s-news/suck
 .endif
 
 .if exists(${LOCALBASE}/sbin/snntpd)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-sn-spool-dir=/var/spool/news \
 		--with-sn-articles-dir=/var/spool/news \
 		--with-outgoing-dir=/var/spool/news/.outgoing
 .endif
 
 .if exists(${LOCALBASE}/news/bin/innconfval)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-inn-path=${LOCALBASE}/news/bin
 .endif
 
 DOCS=		AUTHORS INSTALL NEWS README TODO docs/QuickStart docs/manual.txt \
 		docs/index.html docs/ar01s02.html docs/ar01s03.html docs/ar01s04.html \
 		docs/ar01s05.html docs/ar01s06.html docs/ar01s07.html docs/ar01s08.html \
 		docs/ar01s09.html docs/ar01s10.html docs/ar01s11.html docs/ar01s12.html \
 		docs/news.html
 
 EX_CONFIGS=	cf.server.sample curses.cf.sample filter.pl.sample main.cf.sample \
 		master.ignore.sample master.score.sample newsrc.sample
 
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/usr/share/sgml/docbook/dtd/xml|${LOCALBASE}/share/xml/docbook|' ${WRKSRC}/docs/manual.xml
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/usr/share/sgml/docbook/dtd/xml|${LOCALBASE}/share/xml/docbook|' ${WRKSRC}/docs/news.xml
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|install-data-local: install-docs|install-data-local:|' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|SSL_library_init|OPENSSL_init_ssl|' ${WRKSRC}/configure
 
 post-install:
 	${MAKE} -C ${WRKSRC}/src install DESTDIR=${STAGEDIR}
 	${MAKE} -C ${WRKSRC}/docs install-man DESTDIR=${STAGEDIR}
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/spool/newsstar
 
 post-install-EXAMPLES-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 .for i in ${EX_CONFIGS}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/sample_config/${i} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 .endfor
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .for i in ${DOCS}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${i} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .endfor
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/news/newsstar/pkg-plist b/news/newsstar/pkg-plist
index 408b4bf4f666..e2a468caccbc 100644
--- a/news/newsstar/pkg-plist
+++ b/news/newsstar/pkg-plist
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
-@exec d=/var/spool/newsstar/incoming ; test -d "$d" || install -d -onews -gnews -m0750 "$d"
-@exec d=/var/spool/newsstar/lib ; test -d "$d" || install -d -onews -gnews -m0750 "$d"
-@exec d="%D/%%ETCDIR%%" ; test -d "$d" || install -d -o0 -g0 -m0755 "$d"
+@postexec d=/var/spool/newsstar/incoming ; test -d "$d" || install -d -onews -gnews -m0750 "$d"
+@postexec d=/var/spool/newsstar/lib ; test -d "$d" || install -d -onews -gnews -m0750 "$d"
+@postexec d="%D/%%ETCDIR%%" ; test -d "$d" || install -d -o0 -g0 -m0755 "$d"
 bin/newsstar
 man/man1/newsstar.1.gz
 libexec/newsstar/newsstar.bin
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/AUTHORS
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/INSTALL
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/NEWS
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/README
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/TODO
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/QuickStart
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/manual.txt
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/news.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/index.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ar01s02.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ar01s03.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ar01s04.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ar01s05.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ar01s06.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ar01s07.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ar01s08.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ar01s09.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ar01s10.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ar01s11.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ar01s12.html
 %%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/cf.server.sample
 %%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/curses.cf.sample
 %%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/filter.pl.sample
 %%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/main.cf.sample
 %%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/master.ignore.sample
 %%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/master.score.sample
 %%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/newsrc.sample
 @dir(news,news,750) /var/spool/newsstar/incoming
 @dir(news,news,750) /var/spool/newsstar/lib
 @dir /var/spool/newsstar
 @dir %%ETCDIR%%
 @postunexec if [ -d /var/spool/newsstar ] ; then echo "==================================================" ; echo "If you are deinstalling newsstar for good" ; echo "remove the spool: type: rm -rf /var/spool/newsstar"; echo "==================================================" ; fi