Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 22:25:21 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Reading warnings when installing multiple ports Message-ID: <200905132225.21401.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310905121204w18990f46v6cf61bacaae1280b@mail.gmail.com> References: <26face530905101649kbb21d03ud620c15f16483c3f@mail.gmail.com> <200905121953.35200.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <4ad871310905121204w18990f46v6cf61bacaae1280b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 12 May 2009 21:04:57 Glen Barber wrote: > 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. 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. > > 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. Well, there's "would you like to activate postfix in mailer.conf [y/n]", but that never triggered me to scrounge for info and can be handled by -DBATCH and setting POSTFIX_DEFAULT_MTA in /etc/make.conf (or not setting it if you don't wanna). -- Mel
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