Re: querying a pkg you don't have installed?

# pkg rquery %m cacti
m.muenz@gmail.com

Perfect, just what I needed.

On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM Kevin Williams <kevin@k9w.org> wrote:

> pkg query is for currently-installed packages. Try pkg rquery and consult
> the manpages pkg(8) and pkg-rquery(8). None of those commands contain a way
> to directly message the package maintainer.
>
> What is the package and what is your question? pkg rquery might be able to
> give you the answer.
> On 1/18/25 18:20, paul beard wrote:
>
> I want to ask a question of the maintainer of a package I don't have
> installed (and can't until I get an answer to my question). Is that
> possible with pkg query?
>
> --
> Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/
>
>

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Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/