PORTINDEX(5) | FreeBSD File Formats Manual | PORTINDEX(5) |
NAME
INDEX — File containing information about the state of the ports treeDESCRIPTION
The port index file in /usr/ports contains various bits of information about the ports tree. Each major branch of FreeBSD has a separate index file, named “INDEX- N”, where N is the major version number of the FreeBSD branch, i.e.: INDEX-7, or INDEX-8.- name
- The name of the package.
- path
- The path to the port directory.
- install prefix
- The default install prefix.
- short description
- A short description.
- full description
- The path to the full description.
- maintainer email
- The email address of the maintainer.
- index
- The categories this port is part of.
- build dependencies
- Ports required to be installed prior to building this port.
- run dependencies
- Ports required to be installed for this port to run.
- website
- The project website for the port.
- e-deps
- Ports that may be required to extract this port.
- p-deps
- Ports that may be required to patch this port.
- f-deps
- Ports that may be required to fetch this port.
FILES
- /usr/ports/INDEX- N
- where N is the major version number of the FreeBSD branch.
EXAMPLES
vim-6.3.15|/usr/ports/editors/vim|/usr/local|Vi "workalike", with many additional features|/usr/ports/editors/vim/pkg-descr|obrien@FreeBSD.org|editors|libiconv-1.9.2_1|libiconv-1.9.2_1|http://www.vim.org/|||
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by and <tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org>.October 14, 2012 | FreeBSD |