Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 07:28:23 -0700 From: "Chris H" <portmaster@BSDforge.com> To: "Johannes Lundberg" <johalun0@gmail.com> Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, <rde@tavi.co.uk> Subject: Re: Pause pkg install messages Message-ID: <18849bece4880a6b3eef390f852cbe12@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CAECmPwsvTXr4gqrGfWJFh2jeL1_PsA2vJwyt8%2BKP%2Bm7L=KeJTg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 24 May 2018 15:02:10 +0100 "Johannes Lundberg" <johalun0@gmail=2Ecom>= said > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 2:57 PM Chris H <portmaster@bsdforge=2Ecom> wrote: >=20 > > On Thu, 24 May 2018 10:03:47 +0100 "Johannes Lundberg" <johalun0@gmail=2E= com> > > said > > > > > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 9:27 AM Bob Eager <rde@tavi=2Eco=2Euk> wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:08:17 +0100 > > > > Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail=2Ecom> wrote: > > > > > > > > > In addition to that it would be nice (if it's not already done) t= o > > > > > 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=2E > > > > > > > > I have this in syslog=2Econf: > > > > > > > > !pkg,pkg-static > > > > *=2E* /var/log/pkg=2Elog > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the tip=2E I'll use this=2E > > > However, someone who knows about this probably know how to manually > > > configure their system already=2E > > > > > > I want to make sure first timers and newbies don't miss important > > messages > > > on how to configure the system=2E > > > > > > Often we get inquires about stuff that is clearly described in the pk= g > > > message and bug reports that are a consequence of wrong configuration= =2E > > > How can we make this more clear so that it is not missed? > > ports-mgmt/portmaster used (probably still does) to concatenate the lis= t > > of (port emitted) messages, and dump them to the console/screen when th= e > > build/install session completed=2E > > Perhaps pkg(8) could incorporate this, as well? > > >=20 > It does=2E The problem is there's no paging so all information is scrolled > away unless you're on standby with scroll-lock which many computers don't > have today=2E=2E=2E Have you tried less(1) or more(1) ? eg; $ cat ~/output-log | less or, more simply $ less < =2E/output-log HTH --Chris >=20 >=20 >
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