Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 22:35:45 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reading warnings when installing multiple ports Message-ID: <4ad871310905101935s40671484k2712a57e5342ea55@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <26face530905101649kbb21d03ud620c15f16483c3f@mail.gmail.com> References: <26face530905101649kbb21d03ud620c15f16483c3f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com> wrote: > I often use "make -DBATCH install" to install ports. > > Problem: many ports spew out a warning/todo message after you install > them (eg, "you must manually create an x user" or something). > > Since ports install "recursively", I miss most of these messages. > > Can I tell ports to store these messages for me somewhere? > > Obviously, I can "make -DBATCH install > /tmp/outfile", but that'll > log all the "install", "test", etc commands that I don't want to see: > I just want to see the warnings at the end of each install. > Have a look at: /usr/ports/<category>/<port>/pkg-message Some ports have the message output in the Makefile instead. -- Glen Barber
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