From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Wed Mar 18 14:20:10 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87C3E2616EA for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:20:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rde@tavi.co.uk) Received: from kipling.tavi.co.uk (kipling.tavi.co.uk [81.187.145.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48jByJ1c4Fz3MvP for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:20:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rde@tavi.co.uk) Received: from kipling.tavi.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kipling.tavi.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA7613C469; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:20:05 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=tavi.co.uk; h=date:from:to :cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=selector1; bh=Nb9FitZ +sYs3BAGP0QppwgaCXKg=; b=S6Xacs786decMU5AiksZ9RH9UL6a/i6l0D+e6fx Xp1GmOinA0QQ40/X1o0aJjUurw8tWLBYVf8ZgVF4Y1aS/VE/Hdsiuarp9GD4ul6j 54phGj0iK1G55FiAOlFNLnN2OjT4q26eajE/UrM4G8sB2uB5fI4JZQEwbJv4onNq s3QM= Received: from raksha.tavi.co.uk (raksha.tavi.co.uk [81.187.145.139]) (Authenticated sender: rde@tavi.co.uk) by kipling.tavi.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 926513B1B7; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:20:05 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:20:05 +0000 From: Bob Eager To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: portmaster@BSDforge.com Subject: Re: pkg: how to retrieve the messages ports emit after install? Message-ID: <20200318142005.51849d19@raksha.tavi.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <7cc5cc192d41c4f5d49c091fed9a55ba@udns.ultimatedns.net> References: <20200318082729.1dd6c8e6@raksha.tavi.co.uk> <7cc5cc192d41c4f5d49c091fed9a55ba@udns.ultimatedns.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) Face: 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==== MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48jByJ1c4Fz3MvP X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=tavi.co.uk header.s=selector1 header.b=S6Xacs78; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=tavi.co.uk; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of rde@tavi.co.uk designates 81.187.145.130 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=rde@tavi.co.uk X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.38 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[tavi.co.uk:s=selector1]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.92)[-0.916,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:kipling.tavi.co.uk:c]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.998,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[tavi.co.uk:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[tavi.co.uk,none]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20712, ipnet:81.187.0.0/16, country:GB]; IP_SCORE(-3.57)[ip: (-9.45), ipnet: 81.187.0.0/16(-4.67), asn: 20712(-3.63), country: GB(-0.07)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:20:10 -0000 On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:18:40 -0700 Chris 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 might do it. > > > But no joy. How can I retrieve that information? > > > > Simple! > > > > pkg info -D pkgname > > > > (or pkg info --pkg-message pkgname) > --pkg-message, argh... I was *so* close! > Thanks, Bob. Really appreciated! > and for the record. I *did* read the man page. But as others > were also inclined to suggest; I thought the output would be > related to *query* As it happens, I had the same problem a few days ago and eventually got round to a rather persistent search for the information!