From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 15 17:26:03 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 38D2B106566C for ; Fri, 15 May 2009 17:26:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mrkvrg@acm.org) Received: from xena.bway.net (xena.bway.net [216.220.96.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3E7D8FC12 for ; Fri, 15 May 2009 17:26:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mrkvrg@acm.org) Received: (qmail 73037 invoked by uid 0); 15 May 2009 17:26:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gecko3.bs.net) (216.220.115.64) by smtp.bway.net with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 15 May 2009 17:26:02 -0000 From: mfv To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 13:26:00 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.3 (FreeBSD/7.2-RELEASE; KDE/4.2.3; i386; ; ) References: <26face530905101649kbb21d03ud620c15f16483c3f@mail.gmail.com> <20090511132124.GD20271@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <200905121953.35200.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <200905121953.35200.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200905151326.00824.mrkvrg@acm.org> Cc: Jerry McAllister 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: Fri, 15 May 2009 17:26:03 -0000 On Tuesday 12 May 2009 13:53:35 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. Hello All, I had a recent experience with editors/openoffice.org-2. Based on past experience I know that the compile would take a few hours. I started make and left to do some chores. When I returned I discovered that the program had aborted as I did not have java installed and had to download a patch from the Sun website. I agree with Jerry about lining up all the necessary ducks so that an upgrade does not need constant attention. Using "portfetch -a -v" and "portconfig -a -v" followed by "portmaster -a -u -t -v" does most of the work but some configure screens still pop up. Cheers... Marek