From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu May 24 14:02:48 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A66A0EF2254 for ; Thu, 24 May 2018 14:02:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johalun0@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x233.google.com (mail-wm0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25B4F6D351 for ; Thu, 24 May 2018 14:02:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johalun0@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x233.google.com with SMTP id a67-v6so5437529wmf.3 for ; Thu, 24 May 2018 07:02:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=McLYmFOmRtUldjkcqrJUCulKTD3JbuY553CGjQs6teM=; b=BJ4cIjENnWJzhQ65MD2EYpMDLC6ay5VOGDGwEejTFlrvmDqI8NIJWUt4MStY+j0DBr ZojM5dO0Tn3IfPf0A7AsgT6Rjf8GSYBfXbnfdRdyzjdPC6wrum2doYiVX6LSLBYV2TlC NkZxbGME23uDqZOtCHds1k9aLIGUW0LmEZwSngpbsfPMCqfFPx4y+Nr91+duWH+MKkHd VEekaIj9gcrrnSh5yUSuppvS9Fej9cwAViUS+HFHS2Pgr/Jp8tldiikstf2+Rc7rjkAT Z/cezbfB5xXSzkYUP6b3x1NOB2ox7UqrGs0k/CDE8EKOAm03ej4aKjdgbtnswBr66cpN Tb/A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=McLYmFOmRtUldjkcqrJUCulKTD3JbuY553CGjQs6teM=; b=NKmZcBRxqdcysVHpOeEWkzlRVgoTyhdnnOcDGr+hIH7K1sVUPsCw88+sxWArnfVM4t kDyrNmN6ChGKJjEe3sW79P1wA6T1ChSwrNY7mI7fD+2QpezkIla6pepyeyclYYB1e2ao vynb7qUd0V2+kg16+9YaDEHk5SkIhMH8C8blVlYR9nGpFvhTLII98rkZcQToyO4F2BgJ qZtpFSmASnd5L+fhxpL1sGJZYhvp8ftgC7AKnpZIfZMuuTSSRNzLWPcPLyBgwhEAX6Z5 49nGFR/XcDAK6c5c3/gz341zzCT+RWLyP5VdzsVMEGbd+k0p/RSqEBkRjKJNFFlq+dXg O8QA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwckGhZy6DWg2nTjdHeR0GqLhjmvFUFLkuzb0uZN97tYiPIW1npO ULzRS4t9m6GEFdoGVePk6eMMvBaIu3KGz261fkc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZrxY6TJyFjEDA+PD/eCHGQINNZU48a09Y1snDLOIyGJ/nwhtV6iouAN25J5M4sp0tNkEYwa/9PsrrzhoXS3qZQ= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:c355:: with SMTP id t82-v6mr7313874wmf.129.1527170567065; Thu, 24 May 2018 07:02:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <0dbfce5beca6919ceea2eed6e80476fa@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <0dbfce5beca6919ceea2eed6e80476fa@udns.ultimatedns.net> From: Johannes Lundberg Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 15:02:10 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Pause pkg install messages To: portmaster@bsdforge.com Cc: FreeBSD , rde@tavi.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.26 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 14:02:48 -0000 On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 2:57 PM Chris H wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2018 10:03:47 +0100 "Johannes Lundberg" > said > > > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 9:27 AM Bob Eager wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:08:17 +0100 > > > Johannes Lundberg 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 > > > > >