what is an inactive port?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 27, 2007, at 10:46, markd at macports.org wrote:

> Michael Thon writes:
>
>> Could someone explain to me what an inactive port is?
>
> This may help to explain why unactivated ports exist.
>
> http://geeklair.net/new_macports_guide/#id975763
>
> So MacPorts does not assume you'll never want to use a deactivated  
> port,
> even if most people never will.

There does not appear to be any id975763 anchor or id on that page so  
that just shows me the top of the guide.