Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:18:19 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, portmaster@BSDforge.com Subject: Re: pkg: how to retrieve the messages ports emit after install? Message-ID: <5460da7e-922a-fb0b-9d72-2dbd7295a981@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <281fa89277227cfdc1e35c912b2315fa@udns.ultimatedns.net> References: <281fa89277227cfdc1e35c912b2315fa@udns.ultimatedns.net>
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On 2020-03-18 07:28, Chris 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?
Not sure I understand what you are asking for...
Perhaps
"pkg info -D {pkgname}"
or
"pkg info -D -a"
?
"pkg help info" might also be useful.
Sorry if that's not what you were asking.
bye
av.
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