Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:13:26 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to display pkg-message Message-ID: <4AA425F6.9020508@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <200909062055.31041.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <4AA3D2E7.9070409@onetel.com> <946140ad0909061021g1d0ca8daie78502f71c009ddf@mail.gmail.com> <4AA3FCFE.7000008@onetel.com> <200909062055.31041.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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Mel Flynn wrote: > On Sunday 06 September 2009 20:18:38 Chris Whitehouse wrote: > >> Thanks for the info. I read man ports, quite a lot of bsd.ports.mk plus >> list archives > > If you want to see the dynamically generated pkg-message of a *port*, before > building/installing it (f.e. to identify what gotchas there are), use the > following: > > make -C /usr/ports/category/portname WRKDIR=/tmp apply-slist && cat /tmp/pkg- > message That's exactly what I was trying to do though the other replies gave me an alternative way. thanks very much Chris
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