Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:50:29 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Stefan_E=c3=9fer?= <se@freebsd.org> To: portmaster@BSDforge.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg: how to retrieve the messages ports emit after install? Message-ID: <ed012ce0-6ff8-077e-3332-f924f886569e@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <7cc5cc192d41c4f5d49c091fed9a55ba@udns.ultimatedns.net> References: <7cc5cc192d41c4f5d49c091fed9a55ba@udns.ultimatedns.net>
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Am 18.03.20 um 15:18 schrieb Chris: > On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:27:29 +0000 Bob Eager rde@tavi.co.uk said > >> 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) > --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* I do actually prefer the version I suggested based on pkg query, since I find it quite hard to see message boundaries in the pkg info output. With pkg query you can introduce any kind of separators (even multi-line) in the format string (and also print the origin and other information along with the message). Regards, STefan
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