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) There are more complicated ways... _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
