Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:05:56 +0100 From: daniele <glimp@live.com> To: bsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [SOLVED] Re: How to get "hints" of software installed by Ports ? Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP8702932B5DB8ACA9ECC490DC380@phx.gbl>
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On 03/05/10 15:28, Aaron Lewis wrote: > Jonathan McKeown wrote: >> On Friday 05 March 2010 16:20:36 Aaron Lewis wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I installed some software from ports today , and it outputs some >>> useful information when finished. e.g where its config file is >>> >>> Due to some mistakes , i lost these "important" information , how >>> do i see it again ? Is there any tricks to show out it directly ? >>> I don't want to install it again .. >>> >>> Any ideas will appreciate ;-) >> >> pkg_info -D _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To >> unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Thanks Jonathan , it helps. > Hi you can directly inspect the contents of these files (located in the port folder) --- pkg-message --- pkg-descr for the ports that have them (for example cat /usr/ports/www/firefox/pkg-message) I am not aware of any other sources of useful informations. Maybe almost everything else is sent only to the stdout/stderr ? d
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