Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:07:47 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Stefan_E=c3=9fer?= <se@freebsd.org> To: portmaster@BSDforge.com, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkg: how to retrieve the messages ports emit after install? Message-ID: <5cd885cb-fe1e-efbd-0091-1a4acd818577@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <281fa89277227cfdc1e35c912b2315fa@udns.ultimatedns.net> References: <281fa89277227cfdc1e35c912b2315fa@udns.ultimatedns.net>
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Am 18.03.20 um 07:28 schrieb Chris: > 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? You may be looking for some variant of: # pkg query -- '--- %n-%v ---\n%M' Regards, STefan
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