On 2008/12/12 08:06, Marc Balmer wrote:
> >
> > It's also not mentioned by pkg_info as something of interest. It
> > should be, right?
>
> Your are wrong. When you install CUPS, a message is displayed.
> That message can be redisplayed at any time using 'pkg_info -M cups'.
These are too easy to miss at some point after installation.
What does anyone think about doing something like this?
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Index: pkg_info
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RCS file: /data/cvsroot/open/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.sbin/pkg_add/pkg_info,v
retrieving revision 1.70
diff -u -p -r1.70 pkg_info
--- pkg_info 26 Oct 2008 16:16:37 -0000 1.70
+++ pkg_info 12 Dec 2008 09:44:17 -0000
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ sub print_description
print;
}
close $fh;
+
+ if (-f $dir.DISPLAY) {
+ print "This package has an installation message.";
+ }
}
sub get_line
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I didn't put too much thought into the wording, I intend it as
a quick diff to illustrate the discussion rather than to commit
directly - maybe we want to also mention other things like
UNDISPLAY, etc. Or maybe it /is/ fine just like this.
