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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:24:46 UTC
The branch main has been updated by ronald: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=3776b4306a648888cd3bd277f05fd04dc0a5b60b commit 3776b4306a648888cd3bd277f05fd04dc0a5b60b Author: Ronald Klop <ronald@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2024-08-21 11:27:42 +0000 Commit: Ronald Klop <ronald@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-09-30 11:23:31 +0000 ports-mgmt/pkg-provides: a bit more info Document what this pkg does in pkg-descr instead of duplicating the Makefile COMMENT. The text is copied from https://pkg-provides.osorio.me/ which is mentioned in the github README.md. PR: 281537 Approved by: maintainer timeout --- ports-mgmt/pkg-provides/pkg-descr | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ports-mgmt/pkg-provides/pkg-descr b/ports-mgmt/pkg-provides/pkg-descr index 1d80240e7081..bc6e293b678e 100644 --- a/ports-mgmt/pkg-provides/pkg-descr +++ b/ports-mgmt/pkg-provides/pkg-descr @@ -1 +1,7 @@ -Pkg plugin for querying which package provides a particular file +Pkg-provides is an open source project providing a database with the list of every single files installed by FreeBSD packages and a pluging for pkg - the FreeBSD package manager - to fetch and search this database. + +Pkg-provides is used to query which package in your pkg catalog provides a particular file given a pattern + +The database is update daily based on the FreeBSD official repos. + +Pkg-provides database and plugin is not part of the FreeBSD project nor maintained by pkg developers.