Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:27:29 +0000 From: Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: portmaster@BSDforge.com Subject: Re: pkg: how to retrieve the messages ports emit after install? Message-ID: <20200318082729.1dd6c8e6@raksha.tavi.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <281fa89277227cfdc1e35c912b2315fa@udns.ultimatedns.net> References: <281fa89277227cfdc1e35c912b2315fa@udns.ultimatedns.net>
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On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:28:49 -0700 Chris <portmaster@BSDforge.com> 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? Simple! pkg info -D pkgname (or pkg info --pkg-message pkgname) There are more complicated ways...
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