Portscout is an automated distfile check utility for the FreeBSD Ports Collection, described in detail in Section 14.5.
The PORTSCOUT variable defines special conditions within which the Portscout distfile scanner should be restricted.
Situations where the PORTSCOUT variable should be set include:
When distfiles should be ignored, whether for specific versions, or specific minor revisions. For example, to exclude version 8.2 from distfile version checks because it is known to be broken, add:
PORTSCOUT= ignore:8.2
When specific versions or specific major and minor revisions of a distfile should be checked. For example, if only version 0.6.4 should be monitored because newer versions have compatablity issues with FreeBSD, add:
PORTSCOUT= limit:^0\.6\.4
When URLs listing the available versions differ from the download URLs. For example, to limit distfile version checks to the download page for the databases/pgtune port, add:
PORTSCOUT= site:http://pgfoundry.org/frs/?group_id=1000416