Re: how to display pkg-message
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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how to display pkg-message
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 -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how to display pkg-message
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-unsubscr...@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-unsubscr...@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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how to display pkg-message
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-unsubscr...@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-unsubscr...@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 -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how to display pkg-message
Chris Whitehouse wrote: 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. Once the port is installed, you can do: % pkg_info -Dx portname What is probably less known is that if you have the package tarball, you can run pkg_info on it *without* it being installed: % pkg_info -D ./portname.tbz There isn't a specific make target for displaying pkg-message -- it's generally done as part of the post-install: target, but that target also typically runs any of the scripts that should be bundled with the pkg. That's things like creating a UID to own files or processes, which is not necessarily something you would want to happen when just trying to see some messages. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: how to display pkg-message
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:21 PM, 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-unsubscr...@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-unsubscr...@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 -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how to display pkg-message
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-unsubscr...@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-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
