Port does not display pkg-message while installing from remote repository

Matthias Andree matthias.andree at gmx.de
Mon Sep 29 07:32:01 UTC 2014


Am 29.09.2014 um 09:18 schrieb Alexander Moisseev:
> Hi,
> 
> sysutils/backuppc displays pkg-message if installing from locally stored
> package file, but it does not display pkg-message while installing from
> remote repository.
> 
> # pkg install /var/cache/pkg/backuppc-3.3.0_7.txz
> shows pkg-message
> 
> # pkg install backuppc
> shows nothing
> 
> How to fix that?
> 
> May be
> 
> post-install:
>     @${CAT} ${PKGMESSAGE}
> 
> should be added to the Makefile?

That would not help - post-install is only executed before the package
is built, not after it's installed.  It would be ignored.

Can you confirm that the remote repository package is the exact same
version (same checksum)?

What pkg version are you using for this experiment?


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