From owner-svn-doc-projects@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 15 18:19:31 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B785575F; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:19:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 819258FC08; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:19:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qAFIJUfZ035124; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:19:30 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from gjb@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qAFIJUxj035123; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:19:30 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201211151819.qAFIJUxj035123@svn.freebsd.org> From: Glen Barber Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:19:30 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40003 - projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports X-SVN-Group: doc-projects MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for doc projects trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:19:32 -0000 Author: gjb Date: Thu Nov 15 18:19:30 2012 New Revision: 40003 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40003 Log: Add basic information about 'pkg info'. Modified: projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Modified: projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Thu Nov 15 16:04:13 2012 (r40002) +++ projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Thu Nov 15 18:19:30 2012 (r40003) @@ -760,6 +760,26 @@ PKGSUFFIX= .txz &man.pkg.conf.5;. + + Obtaining Information about Installed Packages with + <application>pkgng</application> + + Information about the packages installed on a system can + be viewed by running pkg info. Similar + to pkg_info, the package version and + description for all packages will be listed. + + Information about a specific package is available by + running pkg info + packagename. For + example, to see which version of + pkgng is installed on the system, + run: + + &prompt.root; pkg info pkg +pkg-1.0.2 New generation package manager + + Installing and Removing Packages with <application>pkgng</application>