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mfc-candidates Identify FreeBSD commits to MFC
20260105 devel Σ=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 20260105Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: jrm@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-02-07 03:39:28
Last Update: 2026-02-07 03:26:57
Commit Hash: 792917b
License: BSD2CLAUSE
WWW:
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/tree/main/tools/tools/git
Description: #
The mfc-candidates script compares git commit hashes between branches to identify potential MFC candidates. It was originally designed for the FreeBSD src repository, but it also works for ports.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port
Manual pages: #
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. bin/mfc-candidates
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/mfc-candidates-20260105/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/mfc-candidates-20260105/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/mfc-candidates-20260105/BSD2CLAUSE
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • mfc-candidates>0:devel/mfc-candidates
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/devel/mfc-candidates/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install devel/mfc-candidates
  • pkg install mfc-candidates
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: mfc-candidates
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distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1770316046 SHA256 (mfc-candidates_1c8dafe618878c563c3740061f83a85b0be10720/mfc-candidates.lua) = bcc35735f4d091e86afadd9b2bc4d9c066bc28270a5bdc40ce5d22b41e365565 SIZE (mfc-candidates_1c8dafe618878c563c3740061f83a85b0be10720/mfc-candidates.lua) = 6053

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
mfc-candidates
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest2026010520260105--20260105
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2026010520260105--20260105
FreeBSD:15:latest2026010520260105n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly2026010520260105n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest2026010520260105n/a-n/a
Dependencies #
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Library dependencies: #
  1. liblua-5.4.so : lang/lua54
There are no ports dependent upon this port #

Configuration Options: #
No options to configure
Options name: #
devel_mfc-candidates
USES: #
lua shebangfix
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message #
Master Sites: #
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  1. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/1c8dafe618878c563c3740061f83a85b0be10720/tools/tools/git/
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Number of commits found: 1 #

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
20260105
07 Feb 2026 03:26:57
commit hash: 792917b126b32a06182d2a9ec9489452ab97101bcommit hash: 792917b126b32a06182d2a9ec9489452ab97101bcommit hash: 792917b126b32a06182d2a9ec9489452ab97101bcommit hash: 792917b126b32a06182d2a9ec9489452ab97101b files touched by this commit
Joseph Mingrone (jrm) search for other commits by this committer
devel/mfc-candidates: Improve discoverability with new port name

Split the old devel/freebsd-git-devtools port into two separate ports,
including this one, to improve discoverability.

Requested by:	adrian, ziaee
Reviewed by:	ziaee
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55130

Number of commits found: 1