From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jan 27 22:43:54 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 513204EC357 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:43:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [204.107.128.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DQzD92K9nz3jlx for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:43:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [198.74.231.63]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 61F6A8E003; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:43:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fledge.watson.org (doug@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fledge.watson.org (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 10RMhq1Z061052 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:43:52 GMT (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) with ESMTP id 10RMhpMr061049; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:43:52 GMT (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:43:51 +0000 (UTC) From: doug Reply-To: doug@safeport.com To: Gary Aitken cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: generate top-level pkg install list? In-Reply-To: <23d9f371-b023-6647-4a63-b9e4a9e6ca61@dreamchaser.org> Message-ID: <14a2618-5268-fa37-8a21-76dcd0a9bab4@fledge.watson.org> References: <23d9f371-b023-6647-4a63-b9e4a9e6ca61@dreamchaser.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DQzD92K9nz3jlx X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of doug@fledge.watson.org has no SPF policy when checking 204.107.128.30) smtp.mailfrom=doug@fledge.watson.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.73 / 15.00]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[doug@safeport.com]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[204.107.128.30:from]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; REPLYTO_DOM_NEQ_FROM_DOM(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[watson.org]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.73)[0.732]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[204.107.128.30:from:127.0.2.255]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:11288, ipnet:204.107.128.0/24, country:US]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:43:54 -0000 On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, Gary Aitken wrote: > I'm having trouble figuring out how to generate a top level list of packages > to install. In the past, I've worked off a manual list, but as I've added a > few things over time I'm wondering if it's possible to generate such a list > from the pkg output. > > In the past I've used portmaster to get at top-level packages but I'm trying > to avoid portmaster and stick with pkg. > > Any ideas for how to generate a list of packages installed deliberately and > in sequence? > > Thanks, > > Gary pkg prime-origins. It's in alphabetic order. Date can come from: pkg info | egrep "Name|Installed"