From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 16 09:24:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D275106564A for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 09:24:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4823F8FC20 for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 09:24:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from sarevok.dnr.servegame.org (mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 474DD7E837; Sat, 16 May 2009 01:24:45 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 11:24:42 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.3 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.3; i386; ; ) References: <26face530905101649kbb21d03ud620c15f16483c3f@mail.gmail.com> <200905121953.35200.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <200905151326.00824.mrkvrg@acm.org> In-Reply-To: <200905151326.00824.mrkvrg@acm.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200905161124.43387.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Jerry McAllister , mfv Subject: Re: Reading warnings when installing multiple ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 09:24:47 -0000 On Friday 15 May 2009 19:26:00 mfv wrote: > On Tuesday 12 May 2009 13:53:35 Mel Flynn wrote: > > On Monday 11 May 2009 15:21:24 Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > But, I very often wish there was a convenient way to see some of those > > > messages and especially messages about things one has to do during > > > the install, such as manually installing something or getting some > > > license thing handled, before I start the port install. > > > > > > Sometimes I get a question in the middle of an install that I do not > > > know how to answer and it is an awfully inconvenient time to have > > > to start scrounging for information. Having a commannd that > > > would display all those things and maybe some related information > > > or pointers to information for making an intelligent response - before > > > starting the make - would be very helpful. > > > > Do you have specific examples? Cause I can't think of anything that falls > > under your description. > > Hello All, > > I had a recent experience with editors/openoffice.org-2. Based on past > experience I know that the compile would take a few hours. I started make > and left to do some chores. When I returned I discovered that the program > had aborted as I did not have java installed and had to download a patch > from the Sun website. This can and will not ever be fixed, because it's a legal and not a technical issue. Once you know this, you know to install diablio-jdk first, which takes 5-10 minutes pending download speed. -- Mel