Another handy resource is the FreeBSD Ports Monitoring
System (also known as portsmon
).
This system comprises a database that processes information
from several sources and allows it to be browsed via a web
interface. Currently, the ports Problem Reports (PRs), the
error logs from the build cluster, and individual files from
the ports collection are used. In the future, this will be
expanded to include the distfile survey, as well as other
sources.
To get started, you can view all information about a particular port by using the Overview of One Port.
As of this writing, this is the only resource available
that maps GNATS PR entries to portnames. (PR submitters do
not always include the portname in their Synopsis, although we
would prefer that they did.) So, portsmon
is a good place to start if you want to find out whether an
existing port has any PRs filed against it and/or any build
errors; or, to find out if a new port that you may be thinking
about creating has already been submitted.
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documentation before
contacting <questions@FreeBSD.org>.
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