Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 12:19:23 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr>, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: question about fields in INDEX files Message-ID: <463E2A3B.1000907@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <463E2944.50905@u.washington.edu> References: <20070506132915.GA67014@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <463E2944.50905@u.washington.edu>
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Garrett Cooper wrote: > Michel Talon wrote: >> Take a look at: >> http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~talon/freebsdports.html >> all fields are explained. >> > > Thanks to Michel (many kudos and much thanks!), I now have a list of all > of the fields: > > 1. pkgname > 2. path > 3. prefix > 4. comment > 5. descr > 6. maintainer > 7. categories > 8. build_deps > 9. run_deps > 10. website > 11. extract_deps > 12. patch_deps > 13. fetch_deps > > I looked through the INDEX file pretty quickly, and I can't see any > instances of 12. or 13. > > Also, I'm still wondering if 3. is necessary because the user can > specify the install directory, and/or we could set the default to > /usr/local. The only case where I see this as incorrect is with already > installed packages, but that should be specified in the /var/db/pkg/* > files, right? > > Thanks again all! > > -Garrett Ok, question about 3. was answered, and so was the questions for 12. and 13. I assume. I'll reread the email Matthew Seaman, and see if I can find any spots where I'm confused. Thanks! -Garrett
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