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Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
Subject: Re: Reading warnings when installing multiple ports
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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.    Having 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 -  would be very helpful.

Do you have specific examples? Cause I can't think of anything that falls 
under your description.
-- 
Mel