Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 14:31:22 -0400 (EDT) From: hometeam <hometeam@techpower.net> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggestion for make world Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905161423300.6785-100000@techpower.net> In-Reply-To: <373F0557.D3A2E838@math.missouri.edu>
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Try using a log that will tell you. Also you can resume from there after fixing the error should one occur. Also Nik Clayton has an site on making world . check it out... http://www.nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk/FreeBSD/make-world/make-world.html Excellent source of info... --/The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.\-- --/System Administrator support@techpower.net\-- On Sun, 16 May 1999, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > I have a suggested change for make world that would be easy for anyone > who knows what they are doing to add. > > It would help me a lot if the last thing that make world did was to > print: > > make world finished > > Similarly for make buildworld and make installworld. I notice that > make World for XFree86 has this. > > The reason it would help me is because I start a make buildworld, then > I leave the computer for a while (typically go to sleep as I do it at > night). Well, for some reason when I get back to it the computer has > rebooted or has been switched off - many reasons - brownouts, wife switches > it off, system panics (yes I had those a couple of times). In all those > times I fairly sure that my make buildworld/make installworld finished, > but it would be nice to be absolutely sure. > > Thanks, Stephen > > -- > > Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu > 307 Math Science Building stephen@showme.missouri.edu > Department of Mathematics stephen@missouri.edu > University of Missouri-Columbia > Columbia, MO 65211 > USA > > Phone (573) 882 4540 > Fax (573) 882 1869 > > http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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