From nobody Sun Jan 19 03:16:59 2025 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4YbJYH1Vqgz5lHJS for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:17:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin@k9w.org) Received: from out-188.mta1.migadu.com (out-188.mta1.migadu.com [95.215.58.188]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4YbJYC54Xfz3vSD for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:17:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin@k9w.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=k9w.org header.s=key1 header.b=3rXKa38N; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of kevin@k9w.org designates 95.215.58.188 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=kevin@k9w.org; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=k9w.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------bp2GIiswrgj0sn4aJaM3eFb3" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=k9w.org; s=key1; t=1737256622; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=pCMi6ZrWsmVm21I9NwUO2gweA01isztSKAGNh52pMaw=; b=3rXKa38NNuzjLBzfusgGQPj92D7/xAWuaEd3WnGO7h5byUxr2k76jOe6RwsQxvMNpf+8rh X4xKhiAlcHtSW6s+Usbbw2MPdWOysGm2eX8xve75TASosYv1D5w7aQHg+a9D48urao0mqz WPc0iCJYhb6OsickiL6+2tZSxFaHmYoUSLZLo7GJMxDT6bWJxxtNFyk40axf7zqgEFRWxq F8d1dEkqdgXGWU0qfMcVnjgn/Y27lXCGchKI6JGMGVrhVRHgHmOjLfWv7Xb2v3zZNQkOVj emytkYOhoSFXDTyKEYx1+v9w8cE0NBCAuEOxE0Xs5vATgW5uezRd/dJ1opOP8Q== Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:16:59 -0800 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: querying a pkg you don't have installed? To: questions@freebsd.org References: Content-Language: en-US X-Report-Abuse: Please report any abuse attempt to abuse@migadu.com and include these headers. From: Kevin Williams In-Reply-To: X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.00 / 15.00]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; RBL_SENDERSCORE_REPUT_9(-1.00)[95.215.58.188:from]; URI_COUNT_ODD(1.00)[3]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.999]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[k9w.org,quarantine]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[k9w.org:s=key1]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:95.215.58.0/24]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[95.215.58.188:from]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.10)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:202172, ipnet:95.215.58.0/24, country:CH]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[k9w.org:+] X-Spamd-Bar: -- X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4YbJYC54Xfz3vSD 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/ --------------bp2GIiswrgj0sn4aJaM3eFb3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 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? 

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Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/
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