Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:16:59 -0800 From: Kevin Williams <kevin@k9w.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: querying a pkg you don't have installed? Message-ID: <b8ebbadf-7b88-4bbf-8311-bc98df9af22a@k9w.org> In-Reply-To: <CAMtcK2pFY6Zn4kBFgzjkGcrL11eRX7q0cJDKWZegfByJhLLF6Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMtcK2pFY6Zn4kBFgzjkGcrL11eRX7q0cJDKWZegfByJhLLF6Q@mail.gmail.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------bp2GIiswrgj0sn4aJaM3eFb3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit pkg query is for currently-installed packages. Try pkg rquery and consult the manpages pkg(8) and pkg-rquery(8). None of those commands contain a way to directly message the package maintainer. What is the package and what is your question? pkg rquery might be able to give you the answer. On 1/18/25 18:20, paul beard wrote: > I want to ask a question of the maintainer of a package I don't have > installed (and can't until I get an answer to my question). Is that > possible with pkg query? > > -- > Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ <http://www.paulbeard.org/>; --------------bp2GIiswrgj0sn4aJaM3eFb3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <p>pkg query is for currently-installed packages. Try pkg rquery and consult the manpages pkg(8) and pkg-rquery(8). None of those commands contain a way to directly message the package maintainer.</p> <p>What is the package and what is your question? pkg rquery might be able to give you the answer.<br> </p> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/18/25 18:20, paul beard wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CAMtcK2pFY6Zn4kBFgzjkGcrL11eRX7q0cJDKWZegfByJhLLF6Q@mail.gmail.com"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <div dir="ltr"> <div>I want to ask a question of the maintainer of a package I don't have installed (and can't until I get an answer to my question). Is that possible with pkg query? </div> <div><br> </div> <span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br> <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Paul Beard / <a href="http://www.paulbeard.org/" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">www.paulbeard.org/</a><br> </div> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html> --------------bp2GIiswrgj0sn4aJaM3eFb3--
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