Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 15:02:10 +0100 From: Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail.com> To: portmaster@bsdforge.com Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, rde@tavi.co.uk Subject: Re: Pause pkg install messages Message-ID: <CAECmPwsvTXr4gqrGfWJFh2jeL1_PsA2vJwyt8%2BKP%2Bm7L=KeJTg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <0dbfce5beca6919ceea2eed6e80476fa@udns.ultimatedns.net> References: <CAECmPwvDG=A4BJLH17YoWGcOP6hZh%2Bx4j0aD9uRf%2B29%2B=zZAJg@mail.gmail.com> <0dbfce5beca6919ceea2eed6e80476fa@udns.ultimatedns.net>
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On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 2:57 PM Chris H <portmaster@bsdforge.com> wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2018 10:03:47 +0100 "Johannes Lundberg" <johalun0@gmail.com> > said > > > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 9:27 AM Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:08:17 +0100 > > > Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail.com> 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. > > > > > > I have this in syslog.conf: > > > > > > !pkg,pkg-static > > > *.* /var/log/pkg.log > > > > > > > Thanks for the tip. I'll use this. > > However, someone who knows about this probably know how to manually > > configure their system already. > > > > I want to make sure first timers and newbies don't miss important > messages > > on how to configure the system. > > > > Often we get inquires about stuff that is clearly described in the pkg > > message and bug reports that are a consequence of wrong configuration. > > 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. > Perhaps pkg(8) could incorporate this, as well? > It does. The problem is there's no paging so all information is scrolled away unless you're on standby with scroll-lock which many computers don't have today... > > --Chris > > > > >
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