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From: "Chris H" <portmaster@BSDforge.com>
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To: "Johannes Lundberg" <johalun0@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Pause pkg install messages
Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 07:00:02 -0700
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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
>