Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 07:00:02 -0700 From: "Chris H" <portmaster@BSDforge.com> To: "Johannes Lundberg" <johalun0@gmail.com> Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, <rde@tavi.co.uk> Subject: Re: Pause pkg install messages Message-ID: <0dbfce5beca6919ceea2eed6e80476fa@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CAECmPwvDG=A4BJLH17YoWGcOP6hZh%2Bx4j0aD9uRf%2B29%2B=zZAJg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 24 May 2018 10:03:47 +0100 "Johannes Lundberg" <johalun0@gmail=2Ecom>= said > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 9:27 AM Bob Eager <rde@tavi=2Eco=2Euk> wrote: >=20 > > On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:08:17 +0100 > > Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail=2Ecom> wrote: > > > > > In addition to that it would be nice (if it's not already done) to > > > store this information in a log file somewhere so that one can > > > revisit and see what needs to be manually configured for each > > > installed package=2E > > > > I have this in syslog=2Econf: > > > > !pkg,pkg-static > > *=2E* /var/log/pkg=2Elog > > >=20 > Thanks for the tip=2E I'll use this=2E > However, someone who knows about this probably know how to manually > configure their system already=2E >=20 > I want to make sure first timers and newbies don't miss important message= s > on how to configure the system=2E >=20 > Often we get inquires about stuff that is clearly described in the pkg > message and bug reports that are a consequence of wrong configuration=2E > How can we make this more clear so that it is not missed? ports-mgmt/portmaster used (probably still does) to concatenate the list of (port emitted) messages, and dump them to the console/screen when the build/install session completed=2E Perhaps pkg(8) could incorporate this, as well? --Chris >
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