From owner-freebsd-stable Sun May 16 11:39:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from techpower.net (techpower.net [205.133.231.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1790914BE9 for ; Sun, 16 May 1999 11:39:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hometeam@techpower.net) Received: from localhost (hometeam@localhost) by techpower.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA12253; Sun, 16 May 1999 14:40:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 14:40:01 -0400 (EDT) From: hometeam To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggestion for make world In-Reply-To: <373F1072.E4425E39@math.missouri.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG well there at the end will be errors if it fails look at the end of the log. --/The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.\-- --/System Administrator support@techpower.net\-- On Sun, 16 May 1999, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > Yes, that is exactly what I was doing - I have a log file - the only > thing is, when I look at it, it is not immediately obvious from looking > at it that the make buildworld/installworld has finished, and has > not otherwise been interupted. > > hometeam wrote: > > > > Try using a log that will tell you. Also you can resume from there after > > fixing the error should one occur. Also Nik Clayton has an site on making > > world . check it out... > > http://www.nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk/FreeBSD/make-world/make-world.html > > > > Excellent source of info... > > > > > > --/The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- > > the rest is overhead for the operating system.\-- > > --/System Administrator support@techpower.net\-- > > > > On Sun, 16 May 1999, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > > > > > I have a suggested change for make world that would be easy for anyone > > > who knows what they are doing to add. > > > > > > It would help me a lot if the last thing that make world did was to > > > print: > > > > > > make world finished > > > > > > Similarly for make buildworld and make installworld. I notice that > > > make World for XFree86 has this. > > > > > > The reason it would help me is because I start a make buildworld, then > > > I leave the computer for a while (typically go to sleep as I do it at > > > night). Well, for some reason when I get back to it the computer has > > > rebooted or has been switched off - many reasons - brownouts, wife switches > > > it off, system panics (yes I had those a couple of times). In all those > > > times I fairly sure that my make buildworld/make installworld finished, > > > but it would be nice to be absolutely sure. > > > > > > Thanks, Stephen > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu > > > 307 Math Science Building stephen@showme.missouri.edu > > > Department of Mathematics stephen@missouri.edu > > > University of Missouri-Columbia > > > Columbia, MO 65211 > > > USA > > > > > > Phone (573) 882 4540 > > > Fax (573) 882 1869 > > > > > > http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > -- > > Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu > 307 Math Science Building stephen@showme.missouri.edu > Department of Mathematics stephen@missouri.edu > University of Missouri-Columbia > Columbia, MO 65211 > USA > > Phone (573) 882 4540 > Fax (573) 882 1869 > > http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message