Index: Mk/Scripts/create-manifest.sh
===================================================================
--- Mk/Scripts/create-manifest.sh
+++ Mk/Scripts/create-manifest.sh
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 
 . "${dp_SCRIPTSDIR}/functions.sh"
 
-validate_env dp_ACTUAL_PACKAGE_DEPENDS dp_CATEGORIES dp_COMMENT \
+validate_env dp_ABISTRING dp_ACTUAL_PACKAGE_DEPENDS dp_CATEGORIES dp_COMMENT \
 	dp_COMPLETE_OPTIONS_LIST dp_DEPRECATED dp_DESCR dp_EXPIRATION_DATE \
 	dp_GROUPS dp_LICENSE dp_LICENSE_COMB dp_MAINTAINER dp_METADIR \
 	dp_NO_ARCH dp_PKGBASE dp_PKGDEINSTALL dp_PKGINSTALL dp_PKGMESSAGES \
 	dp_PKGORIGIN dp_PKGPOSTDEINSTALL dp_PKGPOSTINSTALL dp_PKGPOSTUPGRADE \
 	dp_PKGPREDEINSTALL dp_PKGPREINSTALL dp_PKGPREUPGRADE dp_PKGUPGRADE \
 	dp_PKGVERSION dp_PKG_BIN dp_PKG_IGNORE_DEPENDS dp_PKG_NOTES \
-	dp_PORT_OPTIONS dp_PREFIX dp_USERS dp_WWW
+	dp_PORT_OPTIONS dp_PREFIX dp_USERS dp_WWW dp_VITAL
 
 [ -n "${DEBUG_MK_SCRIPTS}" -o -n "${DEBUG_MK_SCRIPTS_CREATE_MANIFEST}" ] && set -x
 
@@ -57,8 +57,14 @@
 [ -z "${dp_LICENSE}" ] || echo "licenses: [ ${dp_LICENSE} ]"
 [ -z "${dp_USERS}" ] || echo "users: [ ${dp_USERS} ]"
 [ -z "${dp_GROUPS}" ] || echo "groups: [ ${dp_GROUPS} ]"
-[ -n "${dp_NO_ARCH}" ] && echo "arch : $(${dp_PKG_BIN} config abi | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | cut -d: -f1,2):*"
-[ -n "${dp_NO_ARCH}" ] && echo "abi : $(${dp_PKG_BIN} config abi | cut -d: -f1,2):*"
+if [ -n "${dp_NO_ARCH}" -a -z "${dp_ABISTRING}" ] ; then
+	echo "arch : $(${dp_PKG_BIN} config abi | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | cut -d: -f1,2):*"
+	echo "abi : $(${dp_PKG_BIN} config abi | cut -d: -f1,2):*"
+elif [ -n "${dp_ABISTRING}" ] ; then
+	echo "arch : $(echo ${dp_ABISTRING} | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+	echo "abi : $(echo ${dp_ABISTRING})"
+fi
+[ -n "${dp_VITAL}" ] && echo "vital: true"
 
 # Then the key/values sections
 echo "deps: { "
Index: Mk/bsd.port.mk
===================================================================
--- Mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ Mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -4245,6 +4245,7 @@
 create-manifest:
 	@${SETENV} \
 			dp_SCRIPTSDIR='${SCRIPTSDIR}'                         \
+			dp_ABISTRING='${PKG_ABISTRING}'                       \
 			dp_ACTUAL_PACKAGE_DEPENDS='${ACTUAL-PACKAGE-DEPENDS}' \
 			dp_CATEGORIES='${CATEGORIES:u:S/$/,/}'                \
 			dp_COMMENT=${COMMENT:Q}                               \
@@ -4277,6 +4278,7 @@
 			dp_PORT_OPTIONS='${PORT_OPTIONS}'                     \
 			dp_PREFIX='${PREFIX}'                                 \
 			dp_USERS='${USERS:u:S/$/,/}'                          \
+			dp_VITAL='${PKGVITAL}'                                \
 			dp_WWW='${WWW}'                                       \
 			${PKG_NOTES_ENV}                                      \
 			${SH} ${SCRIPTSDIR}/create-manifest.sh