From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 15:18:25 2010 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 3A1EB106566B for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:18:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glimp@live.com) Received: from blu0-omc4-s25.blu0.hotmail.com (blu0-omc4-s25.blu0.hotmail.com [65.55.111.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0186B8FC12 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:18:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BLU0-SMTP87 ([65.55.111.136]) by blu0-omc4-s25.blu0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 5 Mar 2010 07:06:22 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [151.49.226.147] X-Originating-Email: [glimp@live.com] Message-ID: Received: from aodai.collidiamo.net ([151.49.226.147]) by BLU0-SMTP87.blu0.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 5 Mar 2010 07:06:21 -0800 Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:05:56 +0100 From: daniele User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100302 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Mar 2010 15:06:21.0795 (UTC) FILETIME=[6A87A330:01CABC75] Cc: Subject: Re: [SOLVED] Re: How to get "hints" of software installed by Ports ? 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: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:18:25 -0000 On 03/05/10 15:28, Aaron Lewis wrote: > Jonathan McKeown wrote: >> On Friday 05 March 2010 16:20:36 Aaron Lewis wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I installed some software from ports today , and it outputs some >>> useful information when finished. e.g where its config file is >>> >>> Due to some mistakes , i lost these "important" information , how >>> do i see it again ? Is there any tricks to show out it directly ? >>> I don't want to install it again .. >>> >>> Any ideas will appreciate ;-) >> >> pkg_info -D _______________________________________________ >> 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" > Thanks Jonathan , it helps. > Hi you can directly inspect the contents of these files (located in the port folder) --- pkg-message --- pkg-descr for the ports that have them (for example cat /usr/ports/www/firefox/pkg-message) I am not aware of any other sources of useful informations. Maybe almost everything else is sent only to the stdout/stderr ? d