# Packages: pkg-message option?

**URL:** <https://forum.openwrt.org/t/packages-pkg-message-option/12532>\
**Category:** For Developers\
**Created:** [March 12, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/packages-pkg-message-option/12532 "2018-03-12T18:10:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeff](https://forum.openwrt.org/letter_avatar/jeff/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@jeff](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/jeff)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/packages-pkg-message-option/12532/1 "2018-03-12T18:10:07Z")

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In other environments I've worked with, there is a way for a package to display "important information" to the user on install. After reviewing

> **[Creating packages](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/packages)**
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> Creating packages See also -\> Package Policy Guide, which contains a wealth of extra technical information not covered here. One of the things that we've attempted to do with OpenWrt's template system is make it incredibly easy to port software...

> [@Packaging guidelines](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/packaging-guidelines/65):
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> I would like to assemble knowledge and best practice about packaging software in this topic. I'll start with some preliminary things I wrote a while back for which I didn't get around to bring them into a suitable shape. Maybe we can also make this a Question & Answer sort of thing... lets see.

I didn't see the equivalent as a formal hook or content within the package description of package itself.

Is there?

- precedent for this in OpenWRT at all
- a formal way of accomplishing it that I've missed

TIA

@jow or @tmomas -- would it be possible to pin that valuable post on Packaging guidelines?

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**Author:** ![jow](https://forum.openwrt.org/user_avatar/forum.openwrt.org/jow/32/13_2.png) [@jow](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/jow)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/packages-pkg-message-option/12532/2 "2018-03-12T18:29:32Z")

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There is no such facility yet. We can certainly add it, but it needs to be drafted first.

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**Author:** ![jeff](https://forum.openwrt.org/letter_avatar/jeff/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@jeff](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/jeff)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/packages-pkg-message-option/12532/3 "2018-03-12T18:35:08Z")

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And how to reveal it in LuCI, as we all know how carefully people pay attention to the output when they install packages through the GUI. 🕶

As an example of potential benefits, package messages would have helped the OP of [[Solved] E-mail WAN IP when changed, with 'mailsend'?](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/e-mail-wan-ip-when-changed-with-mailsend/12344/22?u=jeff) to know that they needed the provider-specific package to complete their configuration.

Feel free to poke me if this rises to the level of action.