From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 13:05:53 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D6A816A417 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:05:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Received: from catflap.slightlystrange.org (cpc5-cmbg1-0-0-cust497.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [86.6.1.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8D1B13C4EC for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:05:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Received: by catflap.slightlystrange.org (Postfix, from userid 106) id 019AF6456; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:05:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from torus.slightlystrange.org (torus.slightlystrange.org [10.1.3.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by catflap.slightlystrange.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F54E617A for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:05:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: (from danielby@localhost) by torus.slightlystrange.org (8.14.2/8.13.4/Submit) id lAND5kGi099142 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:05:46 GMT (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:05:46 +0000 From: Daniel Bye To: User Questions Message-ID: <20071123130546.GA82014@torus.slightlystrange.org> Mail-Followup-To: User Questions References: <819c3888bb1cefcf983f178d14890548@prodigy.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <819c3888bb1cefcf983f178d14890548@prodigy.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-PGP-Fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A Subject: Re: mysql ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Bye List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:05:53 -0000 On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 10:23:01AM -0800, jekillen wrote: > Hello; > I have installed mysql51-client, mysql51-server, and mysql51-scripts. > I looked for pkg_message in mysql51-scripts but there is none. > Where do I get info on what this port has and what it does? Take a look at the port's directory under /var/db/pkg. It should contain files called `+COMMENT', `+CONTENTS' and `+DESC', which will tell you what you want to know. HTH Dan -- Daniel Bye _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \