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INDEX —

File containing information about the state of the ports tree

DESCRIPTION

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 Paul Armstrong and Thomas Abthorpe <tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org>.

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