From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 13 20:25:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F1CF106566B for ; Wed, 13 May 2009 20:25:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A0068FC16 for ; Wed, 13 May 2009 20:25:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from sarevok.dnr.servegame.org (mailhub.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8BB17E837; Wed, 13 May 2009 12:25:22 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 22:25:21 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.2 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.2; i386; ; ) References: <26face530905101649kbb21d03ud620c15f16483c3f@mail.gmail.com> <200905121953.35200.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <4ad871310905121204w18990f46v6cf61bacaae1280b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310905121204w18990f46v6cf61bacaae1280b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200905132225.21401.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Jerry McAllister , Glen Barber Subject: Re: Reading warnings when installing multiple ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 20:25:24 -0000 On Tuesday 12 May 2009 21:04:57 Glen Barber wrote: > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Mel Flynn > > 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