From nobody Mon Jan 20 02:26:50 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4YbvNv15Kkz5k5yX for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2025 02:26:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johnl@iecc.com) Received: from gal.iecc.com (gal.iecc.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:43:6f73:7461]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "gal.iecc.com", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4YbvNs6ks0z3mZB for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2025 02:26:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johnl@iecc.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=iecc.com header.s=2389678db46c.k2501 header.b=etZRPtpl; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of johnl@iecc.com designates 2001:470:1f07:1126:0:43:6f73:7461 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=johnl@iecc.com; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=iecc.com Received: (qmail 9106 invoked from network); 20 Jan 2025 02:26:52 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=iecc.com; h=date:message-id:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:cleverness; s=2389678db46c.k2501; t=1737340002; x=1737685602; bh=Zf1cRdPIpOhZ5ipvAMrGm3FZhnvJprD81FMnHBSOSnc=; b=etZRPtplcAA6BZxwC7PtzEQbdff8eTYb9lN14yxUuD2RYaZGuUL/c7nCKReh4c6Fguvp6PsuxVzax3OnnlAK3byoSR98A+LgusIovpMVe1RdUksUNQ/L2edrWe+vfUFEpagpKAi+LBt9zneKY7EyPZgq2Er3O2mVaA9Cdho8QgqzDD0VX3BygDKIuvEA8yvJFfBtQBxguHO9h6hYMwm8rUfuVQNDDmUPdSznZWzMueLA37D1jB8VJXfMWEFa7WQnty/lhGYSzkHuC714GXBdXGNtwxdD5CF/PWPBLaznBQu8V0aWbLI1c4LIDxJow30qQ1wWrDbDd5oWmtLc1D3ZuQ== Received: from ary.local ([IPv6:2001:470:1f07:1126::78:696d:6170]) by imap.iecc.com ([IPv6:2001:470:1f07:1126::78:696d:6170]) with ESMTPS (TLS1.3 ECDHE-RSA CHACHA20-POLY1305 AEAD) via TCP6; 20 Jan 2025 02:26:52 -0000 Received: by ary.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 859F7B84B313; Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:26:50 -0500 (EST) Date: 19 Jan 2025 21:26:50 -0500 Message-Id: <20250120022651.859F7B84B313@ary.local> From: "John Levine" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: paulbeard@gmail.com Subject: Re: querying a pkg you don't have installed? In-Reply-To: Organization: Taughannock Networks References: X-Headerized: yes Cleverness: minimal List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.40 / 15.00]; DWL_DNSWL_MED(-2.00)[iecc.com:dkim]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; RCVD_DKIM_ARC_DNSWL_MED(-0.50)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[iecc.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.40)[2001:470:1f07:1126:0:43:6f73:7461:from,2001:470:1f07:1126:0:78:696d:6170:received]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2001:470:1f07:1126::/64]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[iecc.com:s=2389678db46c.k2501]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FREEMAIL_CC(0.00)[gmail.com]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[iecc.com:+]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:2001:470::/32, country:US]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[] X-Spamd-Bar: ----- X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4YbvNs6ks0z3mZB It appears that paul beard said: >-=-=-=-=-=- > >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? $ pkg rquery %m foop will return the email address of the maintainer of the foop package. Please keep in mind that package maintainers are busy volunteers so don't ask questions that you could have find the answers to in other ways, e.g., looking at the source code of the port. R's, John