5.7. PORTSCOUT

Portscout is an automated distfile check utility for the FreeBSD Ports Collection, described in detail in Section 14.5, “Portscout: the FreeBSD Ports Distfile Scanner”.

The PORTSCOUT variable defines special conditions within which the Portscout distfile scanner should be restricted.

Situations where the PORTSCOUT variable should be set include:

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