From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 6 18:18:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68CC9106566B for ; Sun, 6 Sep 2009 18:18:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from honeysuckle.london.02.net (honeysuckle.london.02.net [87.194.255.144]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 083A08FC1B for ; Sun, 6 Sep 2009 18:18:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eco.config (93.97.24.219) by honeysuckle.london.02.net (8.5.016.1) id 4A23EDE60480BA04; Sun, 6 Sep 2009 19:18:39 +0100 Message-ID: <4AA3FCFE.7000008@onetel.com> Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:18:38 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090614) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Randy Belk References: <4AA3D2E7.9070409@onetel.com> <8250ac3f0909060829j8b47ca9t72fdd3cf5820635a@mail.gmail.com> <946140ad0909061021g1d0ca8daie78502f71c009ddf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <946140ad0909061021g1d0ca8daie78502f71c009ddf@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to display pkg-message X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:18:41 -0000 Randy Belk wrote: > On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Kalle > Møller wrote: >> Looking for that feature to :) >> >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Chris Whitehouse wrote: >> >>> Hello >>> >>> Could someone remind of the make target for showing messages which are >>> displayed when installing ports please. I thought it was some variant of >>> make showinfo but I can't find one that works. I am assuming that if >>> /files/pkg-message.in exists the this make target would show a >>> result. >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> Chris >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >>> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Med Venlig Hilsen >> >> Kalle R. Møller >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > This is explained in the pkg_info man page. > > To Show the install-message file for the installed package > postfix-2.6.3,1 you would enter "pkg_info -D -x postfix | less" > > Please read the man page! Also install ports-mgmt/bpkg, it's an awsome utility > > Thanks for the info. I read man ports, quite a lot of bsd.ports.mk plus list archives and google but because I was so convinced it was a make target I didn't think of pkg_info. It all makes sense now. What's more next time I forget I will be able to look up my own post :) Thanks Matthew S for the tip about tarballs too. cheers Chris