pkg_search

Nifty script searching the ports database

pkg_search scans the ports INDEX file to use as a database, fetching it if necessary. Example of usage to search for a package: # pkg_search cyrus-sasl cyrus-sasl-1.5.28_5 RFC 2222 SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) cyrus-sasl-2.1.22 RFC 2222 SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) cyrus-sasl-ldapdb-2.1.22 SASL LDAPDB auxprop plugin cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.22 SASL authentication server for cyrus-sasl2 # pkg_search -i cyrus-sasl-2.1.22 Name : cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-50 Dir : /usr/ports/security/cyrus-sasl2 Desc : RFC 2222 SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) URL : http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Deps :