From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 11 02:35:47 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 36DC81065678 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 02:35:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEEE48FC15 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 02:35:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so1533466yxb.13 for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 19:35:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=R/K8jLRm3s1KjGWh2BNfERwUCsYt9QbqGsMDMnpoBuU=; b=CIx8uveTdOyt3/GqFPx7IJMwECy8JlbjJiz8EMl/4WdRovu8fZZ+RaMK/kJTTK1HGQ O9/DlIs8gwdsv8Ss5Uv+8vrbJA8b2BPjFFkaWpTthi90Ojyl1KF/pAqqTweTan1mqOig d6UE3TJqmz/aPmAvJpG6wMJLOHkpM+6Mh0KBM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tbhS6QGF6/fdTKCi+SNhPpOX9/poT93YeS9DdsV38wopzWdZSgq8FoqaVDVeK/SBJu j1hLJjbDFOBO6yVNsAU20xsdLrco7GZ8Qscka6l1RDhh7AG6dzRLGBBRiJMfcOPCiWM/ vzwqwGI9Ztx1xbzKp8sW9BN2mhMpyLCQzaha0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.231.4 with SMTP id d4mr14217450anh.24.1242009345942; Sun, 10 May 2009 19:35:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <26face530905101649kbb21d03ud620c15f16483c3f@mail.gmail.com> References: <26face530905101649kbb21d03ud620c15f16483c3f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 22:35:45 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310905101935s40671484k2712a57e5342ea55@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Kelly Jones Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Mon, 11 May 2009 02:35:47 -0000 On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Kelly Jones 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///pkg-message Some ports have the message output in the Makefile instead. -- Glen Barber