* Stuart Henderson wrote:
> 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?
They obviously are... I think we should maybe indeed have such
an indication of some sort.
>
> ...
> Index: pkg_info
> ===================================================================
> 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
> ...
>
> 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.
>
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