generate top-level pkg install list?

[doug]

On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, Gary Aitken wrote:

> I'm having trouble figuring out how to generate a top level list of packages
> to install.  In the past, I've worked off a manual list, but as I've added a
> few things over time I'm wondering if it's possible to generate such a list
> from the pkg output.
>
> In the past I've used portmaster to get at top-level packages but I'm trying
> to avoid portmaster and stick with pkg.
>
> Any ideas for how to generate a list of packages installed deliberately and
> in sequence?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary

pkg prime-origins. It's in alphabetic order. Date can come from:

   pkg info <name> | egrep "Name|Installed"