On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:18:40 -0700 Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > OK I'm a by ports make install as a rule. But I needed to > > > spin up a box quickly, and decided to use pkg(8). xorg, > > > and another port (package) I installed, dumped some > > > important information after the install. I stripped the > > > text from the console/terminal, and tried to paste it into > > > a fresh file. But the new graphics drivers don't allow > > > that sort of thing (graphics vs text mode). So I was left > > > with mostly gibberish. I need to get that information back. > > > I just guessed that pkg message <port-name> might do it. > > > But no joy. How can I retrieve that information? > > > > Simple! > > > > pkg info -D pkgname > > > > (or pkg info --pkg-message pkgname) > --pkg-message, argh... I was *so* close! > Thanks, Bob. Really appreciated! > and for the record. I *did* read the man page. But as others > were also inclined to suggest; I thought the output would be > related to *query* As it happens, I had the same problem a few days ago and eventually got round to a rather persistent search for the information! _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
