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

[Chris]

On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:20:05 +0000 Bob Eager rde at tavi.co.uk said

> On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:18:40 -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*
> 
> As it happens, I had the same problem a few days ago and eventually got
> round to a rather persistent search for the information!
I appreciate your persistence! I was going mad trying to figure it out.
IMHO this should be added to the pkg(8) man page. Maybe the EXAMPLES section?

Thanks again, Bob!

--Chris