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Date:      Tue, 12 May 2009 15:04:57 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
Cc:        Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Reading warnings when installing multiple ports
Message-ID:  <4ad871310905121204w18990f46v6cf61bacaae1280b@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200905121953.35200.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Mel Flynn
<mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote:
> On Monday 11 May 2009 15:21:24 Jerry McAllister wrote:
>
>> But, I very often wish there was a convenient way to see some of those
>> messages and especially messages about things one has to do during
>> the install, such as manually installing something or getting some
>> license thing handled, before I start the port install.
>>
>> Sometimes I get a question in the middle of an install that I do not
>> know how to answer and it is an awfully inconvenient time to have
>> to start scrounging for information. =A0 =A0Having a commannd that
>> would display all those things and maybe some related information
>> or pointers to information for making an intelligent response - before
>> starting the make - =A0would be very helpful.
>
> Do you have specific examples? Cause I can't think of anything that falls
> under your description.

Perhaps he is talking about the 'make options' output, such as what is
displayed right before x11-wm/fluxbox begins to build.  That is the
only type of output I can ever remember seeing before a build begins.

--=20
Glen Barber



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