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Subject: ports/34459: Dumping config.log on configure error is unintuitive.
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>Number:         34459
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Dumping config.log on configure error is unintuitive.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jan 30 09:50:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Thomas Hurst
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE i386
>Organization:
Nope
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD voi.freak.lan 4.5-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Dec 20 13:56:19 GMT 2001 root@voi.freak.lan:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VOI i386


        
>Description:
        When configure fails, bsd.port.mk dumps config.log to the
        terminal.  This typcially results in several thousand lines of
        crap which often hides the actual problem way up in the display
        buffer, assuming it extends that far up.

        It should either pipe it through a pager, tail the last 20 lines
        or so (since that'll be where it failed anyway), or be made
        optional.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
        I tried for a patch, but my makefile abilities are weak.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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