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Date:      Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:43:51 +0000 (UTC)
From:      doug <doug@fledge.watson.org>
To:        Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: generate top-level pkg install list?
Message-ID:  <14a2618-5268-fa37-8a21-76dcd0a9bab4@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <23d9f371-b023-6647-4a63-b9e4a9e6ca61@dreamchaser.org>
References:  <23d9f371-b023-6647-4a63-b9e4a9e6ca61@dreamchaser.org>

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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 <name> | egrep "Name|Installed"





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