PORTINDEX(5)

NAME
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/|||

SEE ALSO
build(7), csup(1), ports(7)

AUTHORS
-nosplit This manual page was written by Paul Armstrong and Thomas Abthorpe <tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org>.