pkg: how to retrieve the messages ports emit after install?

[Chris]

On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:27:29 +0000 Bob Eager rde at tavi.co.uk said

> On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:28:49 -0700
> Chris <portmaster at BSDforge.com> wrote:
> 
> > OK I'm a by ports make install as a rule. But I needed to
> > spin up a box quickly, and decided to use pkg(8). xorg,
> > and another port (package) I installed, dumped some
> > important information after the install. I stripped the
> > text from the console/terminal, and tried to paste it into
> > a fresh file. But the new graphics drivers don't allow
> > that sort of thing (graphics vs text mode). So I was left
> > with mostly gibberish. I need to get that information back.
> > I just guessed that pkg message <port-name> might do it.
> > But no joy. How can I retrieve that information?
> 
> Simple!
> 
>  pkg info -D pkgname
> 
> (or pkg info --pkg-message pkgname)
--pkg-message, argh... I was *so* close!
Thanks, Bob. Really appreciated!
and for the record. I *did* read the man page. But as others
were also inclined to suggest; I thought the output would be
related to *query*

Thanks also, to everyone else who took the time to help!

--Chris
> 
> There are more complicated ways...