Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:08:37 +1100 From: Andrew Johns <johnsa@kpi.com.au> To: Igor Roshchin <str@giganda.komkon.org> Cc: ghelmer@palisadesys.com, scanner@jurai.net, will@physics.purdue.edu, kde@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <3BD5F875.1781EDD6@kpi.com.au> References: <200110230458.f9N4wCX13835@giganda.komkon.org>
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Igor Roshchin wrote:
>
> > From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 19 13:33:02 2001
> > 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
> > Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:36:15 -0500
> >
> > > 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...
> >
>
> I don't think I'd always want to have an e-mail message sent to root or
> to the building user. Probably, it can be an option, but not a default one.
>
> Talking about "general ports problem":
> script(1) is a good solution in this situation.
> It allows one to record all output, including warnings and such.
>
I like that idea of using script, as long as ports/packages fed
out something useful to grep for. ie:a standard error message
that wouldn't get mixed up with everything else or confused with
real files (error.c, error.conf?)
eg:
script
installation proceeds and appears to end successfully
exit
grep -i error scriptfile && mail -s "Errors during install"
user,root < scriptfile
Then you only get mail for errors, but it does rely on the error
word appearing AND there are plenty of error.c, error_something.c
files in the system.
--
Andrew Johns
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