Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:20:05 +0000 From: Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: portmaster@BSDforge.com Subject: Re: pkg: how to retrieve the messages ports emit after install? Message-ID: <20200318142005.51849d19@raksha.tavi.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <7cc5cc192d41c4f5d49c091fed9a55ba@udns.ultimatedns.net> References: <20200318082729.1dd6c8e6@raksha.tavi.co.uk> <7cc5cc192d41c4f5d49c091fed9a55ba@udns.ultimatedns.net>
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On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:18:40 -0700 Chris <portmaster@BSDforge.com> wrote: > > > OK I'm a by ports make install as a rule. But I needed to > > > spin up a box quickly, and decided to use pkg(8). xorg, > > > and another port (package) I installed, dumped some > > > important information after the install. I stripped the > > > text from the console/terminal, and tried to paste it into > > > a fresh file. But the new graphics drivers don't allow > > > that sort of thing (graphics vs text mode). So I was left > > > with mostly gibberish. I need to get that information back. > > > I just guessed that pkg message <port-name> might do it. > > > But no joy. How can I retrieve that information? > > > > Simple! > > > > pkg info -D pkgname > > > > (or pkg info --pkg-message pkgname) > --pkg-message, argh... I was *so* close! > Thanks, Bob. Really appreciated! > and for the record. I *did* read the man page. But as others > were also inclined to suggest; I thought the output would be > related to *query* As it happens, I had the same problem a few days ago and eventually got round to a rather persistent search for the information!
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