Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:36:15 -0500 From: "Guy Helmer" <ghelmer@palisadesys.com> To: "Will Andrews" <will@physics.purdue.edu>, <scanner@jurai.net> Cc: <security@FreeBSD.ORG>, <ports@FreeBSD.ORG>, <kde@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: your mail Message-ID: <HEEHKIJOHDLFOOEBABJIEEHMCAAA.ghelmer@palisadesys.com> In-Reply-To: <20011019121555.V25747@squall.waterspout.com>
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> On Friday, October 19, 2001 12:16 PM, Will Andrews wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 01:15:31PM -0400, scanner@jurai.net wrote: > > I think the actual problem isn't so much the message per se, > its the fact > > its placed in the wrong place. It should be shown at the *end* of the > > build instead of during the building of kdebase. When you go to > build the > > metaport of KDE2 no one wants to sit there watching the output for 12 > > hours while it builds. They want to come back and see the familiar > > "everything built ok" and then install it. If you place it as > the message > > at the end of the build *alot* more people would see the > > message. Otherwise no one is going to catch it. Just my $.02. > > Yeah, I'm aware of that. Unfortunately, there is nothing I can > do about that, because people might be invoking the kdebase port > from anywhere. So it's a general ports problem. :\ How about sending an email message to "root" with this message? It solves the problem of the message scrolling by during the installation... Guy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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