Determining what a port will install... (more than pretty-print-*)

Schmehl, Paul L pauls at utdallas.edu
Mon May 2 08:42:24 PDT 2005


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
> Garance A Drosihn
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 10:14 AM
> To: Eric Schuele
> Cc: FreeBSD Questions
> Subject: Re: Determining what a port will install... (more 
> than pretty-print-*)
> 
> If there isn't anything which already exists, then I'd try 
> something along the lines of 'cd'-ing into the directory of 
> the port you want to install, and getting the output of:
> 
> make -V RUN_DEPENDS -V BUILD_DEPENDS -V LIB_DEPENDS
>
If pkg-plist exists, that could give you a complete list of the files
installed and where they are installed.
 
Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ 


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