Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 18:44:28 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> To: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Cc: pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I avoid the display of pkg-messages in portmaster? Message-ID: <CADLo839GRmv054VrpAt4WQuWfGpp8UibB_XWST3DiTEtNE9XMA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <519096E4.9060309@eskk.nu> References: <519096E4.9060309@eskk.nu>
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On 13 May 2013 08:31, Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> wrote: > > I post this to suggest a feature/switch in portmaster, where the display of > pkg-messages can be chosen. > > > This was posted on freebsd-questions yesterday > > > I do some work on remote machines and sometimes I have a need to execute > additional commands after for example a portmaster -a command. > > Normally I use the "&&" to separate commands but this does not work when > portmaster displays pkg-messages. > > I cannot see in the portmaster manpage that there's a possibility to make > the choice on displaying pkg-messages. > > Maybe a suggestion to further enhance portmaster in the future. > > To work around this I was thinking of maybe making a script that ran > > portmaster -a then a command to "press space" until one is sure that all > messages has been displayed. > > On this I could need some help. My scripting skills are not that good. Just set and export PAGER=cat, or something similar. That should work. Chrishelp
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