On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:27:29 +0000 Bob Eager r...@tavi.co.uk said
On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:28:49 -0700 Chris <portmas...@bsdforge.com> 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* Thanks also, to everyone else who took the time to help! --Chris
There are more complicated ways...
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