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Date:      Sun, 6 Sep 2009 12:25:38 -0500
From:      Randy Belk <randy.belk@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to display pkg-message
Message-ID:  <946140ad0909061025j4c4763afm5b389d8fcafe81af@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <946140ad0909061021g1d0ca8daie78502f71c009ddf@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Randy Belk<randy.belk@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Kalle
> M=F8ller<freebsd-questions@k-moeller.dk> wrote:
>> Looking for that feature to :)
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> wr=
ote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> Could someone remind of the make target for showing messages which are
>>> displayed when installing ports please. I thought it was some variant o=
f
>>> make showinfo but I can't find one that works. I am assuming that if
>>> <port>/files/pkg-message.in exists the this make target would show a
>>> result.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Chris
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>>
>> --
>>
>> Med Venlig Hilsen
>>
>> Kalle R. M=F8ller
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 This is explained in the pkg_info man page.

 To Show the install-message file for the installed package
 postfix-2.6.3,1 you would enter "pkg_info -D -x postfix | less"

 Please read the man page! Also install ports-mgmt/bpkg, it's an awsome uti=
lity


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 - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a
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- Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind!
- UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a
genius to understand the simplicity.
- People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use =
BSD.



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