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29.Dd October 14, 2012
30.Dt PORTINDEX 5
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm INDEX
34.Nd "File containing information about the state of the ports tree"
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The port index file in
37.Pa /usr/ports
38contains various bits of information about the ports tree.
39Each major branch of
40.Fx
41has a separate index file, named
42.Dq INDEX- Ns Ar N ,
43where
44.Ar N
45is the major version number of the
46.Fx
47branch, i.e.:
48.Pa INDEX-7 ,
49or
50.Pa INDEX-8 .
51.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXX
52.It Cm \&name
53The name of the package.
54.It Cm \&path
55The path to the port directory.
56.It Cm \&install prefix
57The default install prefix.
58.It Cm \&short description
59A short description.
60.It Cm \&full description
61The path to the full description.
62.It Cm \&maintainer email
63The email address of the maintainer.
64.It Cm \&index
65The categories this port is part of.
66.It Cm \&build dependencies
67Ports required to be installed prior to building this port.
68.It Cm \&run dependencies
69Ports required to be installed for this port to run.
70.It Cm \&website
71The project website for the port.
72.It Cm \&e-deps
73Ports that may be required to extract this port.
74.It Cm \&p-deps
75Ports that may be required to patch this port.
76.It Cm \&f-deps
77Ports that may be required to fetch this port.
78.El
79.Sh FILES
80.Bl -tag -width /usr/ports/INDEX-8XX
81.It Pa /usr/ports/INDEX- Ns Ar N
82where
83.Ar N
84is the major version number of the
85.Fx
86branch.
87.El
88.Sh EXAMPLES
89.Bd -literal
90vim-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/|||
91.Ed
92.Sh SEE ALSO
93.Xr build 7 ,
94.Xr ports 7
95.Sh AUTHORS
96.An -nosplit
97This manual page was written by
98.An Paul Armstrong
99and
100.An Thomas Abthorpe Aq tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org .
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