Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 06:45:40 -0500 From: Paul Keusemann <pkeusem@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pause pkg install messages Message-ID: <2716f86b-e25b-784f-4500-a47e04605731@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAECmPwuOyHBkne7AVtPHXAi6KhgtQFq_OYsaCjd4BBP6Hat8OQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAECmPwuOyHBkne7AVtPHXAi6KhgtQFq_OYsaCjd4BBP6Hat8OQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 05/24/18 03:08, Johannes Lundberg wrote: > Hi > > The first thing me and probably many other do after install is > pkg install xxx yyy zzz > from console (meaning no scrollback buffer). > > With xorg and friends this means hundreds of packets. After install all the > pkg messages are display and most of sometimes very valuable information is > just scrolled away. > > Is there an easy way to fix* this by piping the output through less or > something to pause for each screen so that the messages just aren't > scrolled away? > > In addition to that it would be nice (if it's not already done) to store > this information in a log file somewhere so that one can revisit and see > what needs to be manually configured for each installed package. > > *by fix I mean something that does not put the burden on the user. I use screen to record the console session. > > Cheers > > /Johannes > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Paul Keusemann pkeusem@gmail.com 4266 Joppa Court (952) 894-7805 Savage, MN 55378
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